Edgar, Of course Realisation is not something that happens only inside monastry walls, but it also doesn't come from understanding words like "ontological" and "cognitive simulation model" either.
Mike ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 12:31 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" Mike, There are certainly times it is, but that can happen at any time.... Realization is not just something that occurs inside monastery walls... It has nothing to do with that... It's just opening to reality and reality is everywhere... Edgar On Sep 2, 2012, at 5:57 AM, mike brown wrote: > > >Edgar, > > >Wouldn't you say tho, that reality is less obscured during, or just after, a >long retreat of meditation? > > >Mike > > > >________________________________ > From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 1:13 >Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" > > > >Mike, > > >Well, it's reality either way, but that reality is always changing as >happening continually flows through the present moment. But however it changes >it is still reality.... > > >Edgar > > > > > > >On Sep 1, 2012, at 6:09 PM, mike brown wrote: > > >> >> >>Edgar, >> >> >>Would you say that the world (inner/outer) you look at now is the same as >>when you're at the end of a sesshin? >> >> >> >>Mike >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2012, 18:44 >>Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" >> >> >> >>ED, >> >> >>Stop practicing and just BE your Buddha Nature! >> >> >>Edgar >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 1, 2012, at 12:22 PM, ED wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>>Edgar, >>> >>>Therefore, although each of us is complete, we need to practice >>>diligently at all times with no objective in mind? >>> >>>--ED >>> >>>--- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >>>> >>>> Joe and Merle, >>>> >>>> There is no 'goal' of enlightenment to be achieved without which you >>>imagine you are incomplete.... >>>> >>>> There is no incompleteness. This understanding is an essential aspect >>>of realization... >>>> >>>> Wham! >>>> >>>> Edgar >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
