Easier said than done, but then that's why we're all here and on the email list.
Bill Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, August 11, 2012 12:57:17 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Joko Beck quote 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) > > > >
