you do not make it clear... accurate in who's eyes?..is it my haziness..?..sorry thatcher is now in the grips of dementia haze..i would not wish that on any soul merle Merle,
>Mike..i beg your pardon?. anti-Christ...what a quaint expression? how boring..think of something original I do hope you do know I was talking about Thatcher!! And it's not "boring" - it's accurate! Mike (Yikes!) ________________________________ From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 12:52 Subject: Re: [Zen] mel..be of good cheer(to Merle/MIke/list) Mike..i beg your pardon?. anti-Christ...what a quaint expression? how boring..think of something original Mel....I was not going to bother reading any more of your ravings... how old are you? are you male or female or bisexual, or transexual or homosexual? just curious yes get back to your original mind maybe you do need a slap with a stick on your wrist time to take stock of what you think you might know start a fresh the journey has just begun now that your eyes are opened you are free to be who you are without the constraints of past ideas understandings and longings returning to the original mind finally wonderful take it easy as you breathe cheers the "dear old lady..." for christ' sake..what next are you's gunna call me? i could think up some beauties myself to describe you's who travel with those heavy napsacks on ya backs and call yourself zen fellas ho ho ho and ho hum yo that merle merle Mel, >are you telling me that you react to this dear old lady... She's not a "dear old lady". In fact, she's not even human. She's the Anti-Christ (See, I've been reading my Bible ; ) ) Mike ________________________________ From: Mel <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 9:56 Subject: Re: [Zen] mel..be of good cheer(to Merle/MIke/list) 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..).
