Ed, points all well taken. Kudos!
Our Shihfu Sheng Yen had all his students give great attention to the body, in
the course of practice, and everyday life... and both. ;-)
I used to refer to my body to my late teacher as "this Mule", because it
sometimes seemed hard to motivate. But that was wrong, I think:
It's *I* -- the idea of an I -- who am the mule; the body has nothing to do
with it. The body has often been hurt by me, and seldom cared for correctly.
Well, lesson learned. And learned again. And again. Etc.
Eventually, there will be an end to it! ;-|
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
> Everyone should remember that compassion applies also to the poor old bag of
> bones [snip]
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