Nor preach against them.
Mike ________________________________ From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 13 August 2012, 19:18 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Joko Beck quote And so much easier for all, when we don't preach our practices. KG On 8/11/2012 5:11 PM, Merle Lester wrote: >And sometimes we don't all practise what we preach and fall by the way >site.."needing a little help from our friends"...to climb to up..merle > > > > > >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) >> >> >> >> > > >
