yes indeed edgar... we are on the same wave length...merle
Merle, 'The Secret of the Golden Flower' is another book everyone here should read if they haven't.... I first read it years ago and learned much from it.... Edgar On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > > >huh you like that story?. >you mean mine? > > >..well..i wrote a 17 page story years ago.. >.you might love it. > > >..it would take me oodles of time to write it up with one finger and share. >.. yes i could scan it..silly me...it's called. >.. " so ho".. > > >.it has sub titles. > > >.. "seeing is believing.". > > >...on awakening" > > >falling in love" > > > the far way tree". ". > > >..the breath"." > > >.the secret of the golden flower". > > >."oogora" > > > "peace". > > >.. "the colours of existence. > > >."the game is up" > > >.."glib and glitter". > > >."fairyland magic" > > > "cruising along". > > >..then chapter 2. > > >.the way the world was, or better still the way we wanted it to be when we >first set eyes on it > > >"the dandy and the spider" > > > "hey did you know?" > > > yesterday's dream" > > > > >what do ya reckon... instalments? > > > the heart is the heart is the heart > > > take it as it comes > > > merle > > > >Merle, > > >>..and panting to top of mountains...huh? > > >Really? I love that story. What do you think is at the heart of the story? > > > >Mike > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: Merle Lester <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 23:39 >Subject: Re: [Zen] Be Love Now > > > > i have leary's books and allan watts..and i know the work of richard >alpert,,, > > >, all this chatter about what is zen and what is not zen and who is "better" >at zen and who is not...is childish banter...the nitty gritty is zen is zen is >zen. > > >..you either get it or you don't... many do not...looking at the wider >world..who is a zen person and they don't even know it > > >...one does not have to sit cross legged and "blow ones mind into some sort of >"state" > > >...realisation from what i have gathered is realisation..it either happens or >it does not.. > > >.washing bowls and panting to top of mountains...huh? > > >..i live on a mountain top...i see ..what do i see? what do you see? > > > making a thousand rules as to "how to achieve" realisation will that get you >"there".. > > >.i find sometimes walking in a crowded supermarket..i get the zen moment..it >comes at in a flash..the realisation...and it's like woh. > > >..now tell me am i off my tree?...we are all "correct" in what we are >expressing in this forum. >..cos we are all at different stages of enlightenment. >. no one person is more than another. >.we are who we are and at the place we are is where we are now...and it is the >place...and that is that. > > >.so let's" move forward" as they say...and help each other rise above the >banter and find the "buddha tree of enlightenment". >.. who's with me? >..thank you all for your tremendous imput >..i myself have learnt a great deal..and still am learning. > > >.. have i reached the top of the mountain to find there is no mountain? > > > peace be with you all. > > > merle > > > >Bill, > > >I attended one of his lectures many years ago. He was originally one of >Timothy Leary's fellow experimenters with LSD. I also met Leary a few times in >San Fran back when... > > >Edgar > > > > > > >On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:02 AM, William Rintala wrote: > > >> >> >>I've read, all that I have been able to find, everything written by Ram Dass >>(born, Richard Alpert), from "Be Here Now" through "The Only Dance There Is" >>to his most recent book "Be Love Now". His work "Be Here Now", 40 years >>ago, was my starting point on the journey that has lead me to this forum. >>His new book rehashes a lot of stuff that was in his earlier works. What's >>new is the last section where he presents the lives of several Hindu Saints. >>In each case the Saint displayed behavior that I think would get most of us >>locked up in a padded cell or admitted to an ICU and put on heavy doses of >>medications. It seems, however, that this crisis was essential for the Saint >>to become fully realized. In reading about them I am reminded of the story >>of Eckhart Tolle's biography where " For the best part of two years in the >>early 1980s a man in his mid-30s would sit on a park bench in Russell Square, >>central London, and in a state of deep bliss watch the world go by." Descriptions sound almost as if he had had a schizophrenic break. >> >>My question to the Forum is "is madness a precursor to enlightenment?" >> >> Bill not Bill! >> >> >> >> >>Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! >> >> > > > > > > > > >
