Merle,
Aww-w; I'm kinda fond of you, too.
What I *must* do is practice my painting. Brush-strokes, etc. The modeling of
clouds. Colorations of skies. Rocks, valleys, mountains. Columnar cacti.
Glazes, over skies, to make them as glorious as our desert skies in Arizona
really are... ! This is my challenge!
Of course, Zen practice feeds one's vision, by which I mean one's actual
optical sense. I hope you know this! Attend a 7-day sesshin, and report back.
A small nugget within the larger one(s), but of you are an artist, you will
value this! I think you have not experienced it, because you say you are
within no easy distance of a teacher, or sangha, and so, no sesshin... . Alas.
Try to get lucky, and just go somewhere!
I'm no hero; just a schmuck, if I don't practice. And even then. You've seen
me screw up badly, drinking heavily as never, after I found a dead neighbor.
But as our American comedian Lenny Bruce used to say, not a Buddhist, not
informed about Buddha-Mind, nor the Absolute, and a heavy drug-user, but
certainly insightful: "We are all the same Schmuck."
It's true, from a Buddhist, or even Hindu perspective.
Pardon my language. I'm not Jewish, but I understand Yiddish.
You're not my heroine!: I am not a drug user! ;-)
But, you are my Cousin. I send my love, too, to you, Cuz.
Strong practice!
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..you are my hero..i love it when you say practise...love merle xx
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