Edgar,
What caught my attention was the shockingly direct statements: "Practice has to be a process of endless disappointment. We have to see that everything we demand (and even get) eventually disappoints us."" --ED --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > 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-pione\ er <http://sweepingzen.com/charlotte-joko-beck-dies-at-94-american-zen-pion\ eer> --- In [email protected] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/post?postID=xTVKJhjttfa3lTWKzfD\ 22_LH_3c9nAhpUTbkGZJl0EGcXwEWNyJcGUF1HMI3nB8sNs9JCeUhC645nPL-fI_eQCBc> , 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)
