There is nothing to be done re Zen, though there is plenty to be done in trying to save the planet...
Edgar On Oct 8, 2012, at 11:25 PM, Joe wrote: > Jim, > > Sounds good to me. Yes, there's lots to be done. > > The key of returning to the one being, and having no special mind, is that, > then, one will act in natural and perfect response to and in accord with, > conditions. > > This is the only and safest way to be Compassionate. > > It's been said here before that compassion is not necessarily something you > FEEL. When it is true compassion, it is something that operates spontaneously > and seamlessly with conditions and causes. One doesn't plan to so act. > > It's possible to take on a "practice" of acting compassionately, as a Yoga, > say, but one can still do lots of harm from that position. I don't trust that > sort of action, even when it does some seeming good. > > "What went wrong" is "just" the loss of sight of the whole by the parts, and > the identity of the parts with themselves, and not with the whole. > > Now, how *that* happened, or happens, is up to you. > > --Joe > > > "jfnewell7" <jfnewell7@...> wrote: > > > > Yes, philosophically, and I see no reason that isn't true, [snip] > >
