australians are even more relaxed..merle
Hi Scott,
I am Chinese and perhaps serious. I love the American attitude,
non-chalant, easy going, fun loving.
While the Chinese teaches with a top down approach, (ie, Confucius
said, Lao Tze said, Teacher said, family rules are) American teaches
with bottom up approach, through self exploration.
While Chinese try to get rid of group identity, many Americans love
to identify with some group.
This is Chan, the middle way. All inclusive. All one, yet none.
jm
On 6/30/2012 6:50 PM, Scott Williams wrote:
>Hi Friend,
>I'm sorry if I came across as overly serious. That wasn't my intention, and
>actually I'm not such a serious person. I am pretty serious when it comes to
>meditation however, because I've made some real progress, see the road for
>what it is, and must constantly put effort into it, which for me, is not easy.
>I come to this group hoping to find like minded folks who may have found
>helpful insights. Perhaps this being a mostly American group, I should expect
>most of the posts to be nonsense, and most of the posters to be full of shit.
>I don't mean this in a bad way, as I am American, and actually like my
>countrymen, but it is true that americans are famous the world over, for
>labeling themselves as this or that, slipping on the TV-ized personality they
>think matches that character, and if they are lucky enough and the role
>involves some kind of attention getting, halloween type, costume to parade
>around, well then, so much the better.
>Again, I'm sorry appearing too serious...in a zen forum. Now, would you like
>for me to share some funny pics of my precious tabby, swinging by its claws,
>from the crotch of my brother's pants?
