Bill, Joseph Campbell's "Follow your bliss" is similar. It's an admirable way to live your life.
Edgar On Sep 3, 2012, at 10:53 AM, William Rintala wrote: > > That statement "Find what makes your heart sing…and do it!" is part of my > email signature and not part of the text from that email. During a week long > Yoga retreat on 'Insight Meditation' I learned a simple song "Listen, listen, > listen to my heart's song. (repeat), I will never forget you, I will never > forsake you. (repeat)" Then a few years ago I belonged to an email > newsletter "Meditation Tip of the Day" by someone called Deeshan and that > statement "Find what makes your heart sing…and do it!" was the tip of a day > and it resonated for me. Deeshan no longer sends out daily newsletters but > has a website and posts now to Facebook. http://www.deeshan.com/ . To me it > says listen to your heart and you will find your path whether it be a career, > travel, Spiritual practice, close associates, whatever. Find what makes your > heart sing…and do it! > > Bill not Bill! > > > > > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! > > > From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, September 3, 2012 5:00:31 AM > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: There's still a bowl? > > > Bill and William, > > > Certainly nothing wrong with that but it's NOT Zen. > > Zen is not "making your heart sing". It's confronting actually reality > whatever that may be and however it may manifest... > > Searching after 'good' feelings is not Zen, it's attachment.... > > Zen does not search after anything.... > > Edgar > > > > On Sep 2, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Bill! wrote: > >> >> Exactomundo!!!!! >> >> --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: >> > >> > I suppose that it points to ridding the mind of all preconceptions, of >> > seeing >> > things as they are and not what they are labeled. >> >  Bill >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: ED <seacrofter001@...> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Sun, September 2, 2012 10:58:07 AM >> > Subject: [Zen] Re: There's still a bowl? >> > >> >  >> > >> > Bill, >> > I am underwhelmed by these cute Zen anecdotes. In not too many words, >> > what is >> > the great truth being pointed at in this one? >> > --ED >> >  >> > --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: >> > > >> > > Mike's question brought up memories of my earlier readings on Zen. The >> > > idea of >> > > >> > > going beyond words and labeling things. The story that went >> > > something >> > >like "A >> > > >> > > teacher placed a bowl in the center of a groud of monks and asked them >> > > to tell >> > >> > > him what it was. After several erudite philosophical responses one monk >> > > got up >> > >> > > and kicked the bowl."  I may be mis-remembering the specifics but it >> > > went >> > > something like that. I can understand intellectually what going >> > > beyond words >> > > >> > > but getting to that place has proved most difficult. >> > > Bill >> > >> >> > > >
