KG, Neither does Zen consist of stream of consciousness posts! The mind should be focused before the mouth is opened or the mouse is clicked....
Not that I always do that myself! :-) Edgar On Sep 8, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Kristopher Grey wrote: > > Ah yes, Mr. Disandat negating his imagined negations again. > > I never said there wasn't 'meaning', I was simply referring it back to its > source - AKA Pointing to the nature of this. I realize you may have trouble > grasping the obvious, so slice and reshuffle it so you can manage countless > births and deaths generated by remaining attached to your precious/meaningful > beliefs. You are in good company and can play this Zen is/isn't game all you > like with Bill! - and all the other sentient beings you know - for eight > million kalpas if you like. > > Hell, If you keep believing you know what Zen is like a good Zennist, maybe > Pu Tai/Hotei will bring you presents on Buddha's birthday. > > Why wait, here's one now. A classic: > > http://cmtk3.webring.org/l/rd?ring=sutralibraries;id=1;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnichirenscoffeehouse.net%2FRyuei%2FSantaMaitreya.html > > KG > > > > On 9/8/2012 7:31 PM, Edgar Owen wrote: >> >> KG, >> >> Again, Zen is NOT Nihilism nor is it meaninglessness... >> >> There is meaning, not necessarily in any one thing, but in the skein of >> consistency of ALL things... >> >> Edgar >> >> On Sep 8, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Kristopher Grey wrote: >> >> > On 9/8/2012 7:02 AM, Edgar Owen wrote: >> >> People's programming causes them to commit atrocities. >> > >> > If that is so, then your 'programming' controls you and causes you to >> > believe this is so. If this is not so, you would not express it so. >> > >> > Again, this is the same error. If you realize this, such delusional >> > controller/controlling/controlled nonsense is effortlessly transcended >> > (effortlessly - as imagined separations are not closed, as they simply >> > have never there). >> > >> > But keep talking about 'them' if you prefer. The example it provides is >> > a far better pointer than I can offer. >> > >> > KG >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------ >> > >> > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are >> > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
