Mike, To be 'filled' with the Holy Spirit means there is no longer any room for your 'self'. Then there is no longer any self/other dualism. There is only Buddha Nature. Just THIS!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > Bill! > > > The (Holy) ghost in the machine, perhaps? I dunno about your description, > tho. Isn't "to be filled" a bit different from 'empty'? Plus, when I hear > those happy clappy born-agains say they're filled with the Holy Spirit, they > seem quite a different animal from a Zen practioner sitting in shikantaza. > > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, 3 August 2012, 11:24 > Subject: Re: [Zen] Samadhi > > > Â > Mike, > > I would describe it as something similar to being filled with the Holy Spirit > and giving yourself over COMPLETELY to God's will. > > Bill! (not Joe or Bill) > > --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > How would you describe shikantaza to someone from a religion such as > > Christianity? > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joe <desert_woodworker@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, 3 August 2012, 3:24 > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Samadhi > > > > > > ÃÂ > > Shikantaza is "just keeping empty". In the Zen sect. > > > > I'll say no more! > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > >"ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > Is shikantaza insight meditation, absorption meditation or both? > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
