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________________________________ From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 22:47 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" this morn i go to tai chi class... and gather the "chi" energy.....i think a spirit is out there mike..the chi is within.... what doth thee say edgar?..merle Edgar, Don't you contradict yourself here somewhat? You were previously critical of people from cultures where they may have a belief in dragons or rainbow serpents etc. Aren't these beliefs part of the Truth (Buddha Nature) as well then? Especially when they haven't had, or even when they have had, contact with contemporary science. If you believe in 'chi' energy, what's the difference in believing in 'spirit'? Mike ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 13:00 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" Bill! And that my friend is precisely the problem. Logic, like everything else that exists IS Buddha Nature. Because there is nothing that is NOT Buddha nature... I think we've honed into the absolute kernel and crux of the disagreement right here ... See what I'm saying? You adopt a dualistic view by denying part of what exists is part of Buddha Nature. I point out there is no such dualism because everything that exists is part of reality (Buddha Nature) by definition, including things such as logic and your daily life using logic making a living, that you deny is part of Buddha Nature. This is the MOST IMPORTANT post of mine to Bill! ever! I only hope this will be a super Kwatz moment and that Bill! won't try to avoid and ignore the koan as usual.... Edgar On Sep 2, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Bill! wrote: >Edgar, > >Sometimes I think you don't read my posts. > >I NEVER said I don't use logic. I use it all the time. I make my living >using it. I don't however mistake logic for Buddha Nature. > >...Bill! > >--- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >> >> Bill!, >> >> Proving Bill! still uses his considerable intelligence to negotiate the >> rational world of forms contrary to what he claims and would have us believe >> .... >> :-) >> >> Edgar >> >> >> >> On Sep 2, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Bill! wrote: >> >> > Bill, >> > >> > I've had a lot of practice trying to follow Edgar's posts. I'm sure you'll >> > get the hang of it sooner or later. >> > >> > ...Bill! >> > >> > --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: >> > > >> > > Thank you for that Edgar. I can follow your emails better if you give >> > > them to >> > > me a teaspoon at a time, unlike Bill! who seems to follow what you say >> > > with >> > > ease. >> > > >> > >  Bill not Bill! >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ________________________________ >> > > From: Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Sent: Sat, September 1, 2012 6:36:59 AM >> > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" >> > > >> > >  >> > > 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 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Joe wrote: >> > > >> > >  >> > > >Hiya, Merle, >> > > > >> > > >Nonetheless, practice formally if you are able. >> > > > >> > > >If you are not able, then find some way to do it. ;-) >> > > > >> > > >It's as important as that. Life is a little bit short, nowadays. >> > > > >> > > >If you report-back that it is all B.S., then we'll understand that it >> > > >is so, for >> > > >you... once you have given it your ALL, with a good teacher, and sangha. >> > > > >> > > >But I think you'll have a more positive experience, and report. >> > > > >> > > >In fact, I worry that you may develop attachments, especially in the >> > > >realm, or >> > > >area, of the Optical-sense. But when I see the paintings that >> > > >afterwards result, >> > > >coming from your studio, THAT will assuage my concerns, probably, and >> > > >bath me in >> > > >balm, I am sure. And this is what I look forward to. >> > > > >> > > >Yet, it's not selfishness, on my part. >> > > > >> > > >And, I am not attached to the possibility. But I have hopes that >> > > >EVERYONE who >> > > >wishes to practice under the best conditions may have their wish, and >> > > >will >> > > >awaken. Not just because I have done it, and have had the wonder and >> > > >miracle of >> > > >this chance a number of times, as many of us have, in company with so >> > > >many >> > > >others throughout History, and among our intimate acquaintances: but, >> > > >because so >> > > >many others have *not*. >> > > > >> > > >I know what I'm wishing you, and others, I mean. >> > > > >> > > >Otherwise... may the veiled-life suffice! One can't disparage where we >> > > >are. One >> > > >can only either realize, or not realize. Realize means realizing where >> > > >we are >> > > >already, but being the most clear about it. That's not a movement to >> > > >somewhere >> > > >else, but it is a very, very big step, as momentous as the late Neil >> > > >Armstrong's. Will you trust me, about this, in this? >> > > > >> > > >I was 17 when he and Buzz landed, and walked, and Mike Collins orbited, >> > > >station-keeping for them. Life was different after that. I could write >> > > >volumes >> > > >about how. >> > > > >> > > >Maybe I'm a relic. Maybe, someday, to be appreciated. ;-) >> > > > >> > > >--Joe >> > > > >> > > >> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: >> > > >> >> > > >> ..am i on track.????? >> > > >> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >
