apologies well received...many thanks..it takes a brave soul to see the top of the mountain and realise there is no mountain let's begin to begin again merle Ok, I may have been a bit harsh with Merle. Merle, if you're reading this...well, I've gone over some of my words with you and perhaps I have made an ass out of myself. Perhaps you've even reminded me of a past lesson related to zazen. In zazen, we get taught that various thoughts come and go, and we just let them pass...even if evangelism in any form as I see it happens to be one of my personal demons. I shouldn't have reacted so quickly despite whatever. My apologies
Mike, thanks for that, and for your patience online both here and at FB. But Mikey....'dingdong the witch is dead??'....*gasp/laughter/grin*....are you telling me that you react to this dear old lady the way a lot of Punjabis react to Sonia Gandhi? It's ok folks, as Mike knows I'm a little bit cracked...*more laughter*...cheers all! Mel the purist ________________________________ From: mike brown <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 6 August 2012 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] mel..be of good cheer Mel, > That'd be me who was raised in an atheistic household. Actually, I wasn't raised with any particular philosphy named 'atheisim' - it was just a general apathy to things religious. I don't like the word 'atheist'. We don't have a specific name for people who don't believe in astrology, so why have a name for people who just don't see any evidence of a personal god. In the same way, Christians (for example) are atheists in regard to Zeus or Appollo. I love Merle's idea of being in nature as her church. I just take it one step back and don't see the need to add anything to that walk in the forest. Was it Basho who said, "No one walks this path this Autumn evening..."? Mike Ps, Don't mention Thatcher to me. I'm just waiting for that magic moment when I can sing, "Ding Dong the witch is dead!" (My Loving-Kindness meditation is still a work in progress..).
