Beautifully said Bill
Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, August 7, 2012 9:06:47 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Guided Meditation with Joseph Goldstein - YouTube Most into such things would say no. Since this sort of title matters to them, I leave it for them to discriminate. I see no choice in this for myself. Just sharing, reflecting. What is a 'zen teacher' but one of the 10,000 things? What are the 10,000 things if not 'zen teachers'? *L* Tomorrow, I may not appear insightful at all! Who can say? ;) KG On 8/7/2012 6:38 PM, Merle Lester wrote: >kg...you hit the nail on the head every time..great insight..thanks for >sharing..are you a zen teacher?..merle > > >On 8/7/2012 11:52 AM, mike brown wrote: >> ....the insight wisdom you get from the attention/mindfulness you give... > >I understand your meaning, how this appears to function, what the >intention and expectation is, but this itself seems to continually >reform the trap from which it seeks release. > >"Give" and "get" sound an awful lot like two of 'the three poisons'. The >third of course being the notion of a giver/getter! Mara loves this >sort of samsaric mindfulness - so full of intent and expectation - so >self driven/self-sustaining/self-improving. > >Such 'insight wisdom', if a hard won attainment, is just a product of >'ordinary mind'. > >Such 'insight wisdom', if a choiceless/effortless realization of >suchness, is also recognition of 'ordinary mind' as 'Buddha mind'. >Nothing gained, as nothing lacks. > >Please, don't take my word for it. > >KG > > >
