ED, Big deal. It's impossible to NOT be right here in the moment. Everyone is already enlightened. It's just a matter of realizing you are already enlightened.
Edgar On Aug 11, 2012, at 12:25 PM, ED wrote: > > > "Her second book, Nothing Special, is, as Maezumi himself once remarked, very > special. > > In it Joko expresses what is the original essence of Zen—unencumbered by some > of the formal practices and activities we've come to associate with Zen > practice over the years. > > For Joko, Zen is simply being right here in the moment, with nothing extra. > Zen practice will yield us nothing other than this moment. > > In the book she answers her students questions and helps highlight, again, > what Zen practice is really about. She says, "Practice has to be a process of > endless disappointment. We have to see that everything we demand (and even > get) eventually disappoints us. This discovery is our teacher."" > > Source: > http://sweepingzen.com/charlotte-joko-beck-dies-at-94-american-zen-pioneer > > > --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > > > I saw this quote on Facebok and though of our lengthly debate between our > > variously awoken folks who cannot stop annoying and being annoyed by each > > others garbage. May all be well. > > > > Perhaps we can understand sometimes people like Vipassana and sometimes > > people like a pathless cessation? > > > > Though it has been very interesting to read it all. > > > > Life always gives us > > exactly the teacher we need > > at every moment. > > This includes every mosquito, > > every misfortune, > > every red light, > > every traffic jam, > > every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), > > every illness, every loss, > > every moment of joy or depression, > > every addiction, > > every piece of garbage, > > every breath. > > Every moment is the guru. > > > Charlotte Joko Beck > > > > (also sent from a phone, gratefully) > > > >
