I'm in my 50s
________________________________ From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2012 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [Zen] Samadhi i like what i hear of quakers..they sit quietly with the earth and their footsteps are soft...keep to the path forever true to yourself...may i request you age mel?..merle Bill!, The nearest Christian meditation to shikantaza I can think of is the one Chris mentioned he went to. Wasn't it the Quaker sect? Mike MEL: The Quakers sit in silence for the whole meeting, awaiting something to come to them from above, be it God himself or a message from him, or something inspired from his teachings, directly or indirectly. During this entire period, everyone is welcome to stand up and break the silence to share something with everyone that came to them by way of something inspired from above....again, directly, or indirectly. Such talk will not be questioned or debated, but accepted with grace and in silence, and the silence of the meeting then resumes. For those who have access to it and are interested in the Quakers, please get a hold of the 50s Hollywood classic FRIENDLY PERSUASION I cannot speak of, or for all Quakers, but the ones here DownUnder(Australia) in this lovely city of Melbourne are not what Australians lovingly refer to as...bible-bashers..if such a term makes sense to my American neighbors up north. They will keep to themselves, but will only speak of all things religious (including scripture) if asked by interested individuals. MATTHEW 28:19-20 is not carried into extremes, as I had seen with BornAgains ________________________________
