I am a Trekkie. Vulcans practiced Meditation and were coldly unemotional with very disciplined "minds". Surak was the founder of Vulcan "Logic" and set down the complicated rules 2000 years before the time of Star Trek. At the time of Surak, Vulcan was in the throws of a civil war that threatened to destroy the planet. Surak felt that the uncontrolled emotions of the Vulcan people was the source of this violence. He set out rules for restoring Vulcan society to the "true path" of non-violence and logic. A disciplined mind, free of emotional control, allowed the practioner to remain rational, logical. That is the perception that many people have of those who meditate. All of the foresaid is allegorical, based upon a fiction, however, a life based upon meditation and nonviolence is not too bad of an idea. Zen does not teach nonviolence though. As I recall the Japanese Samurai practiced Zen.
The Religion of the Samurai - A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan - By Kaiten Nukariy http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/rosa/index.htm B Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, October 12, 2012 2:15:16 AM Subject: [Zen] Re: Possibly Delicious Levity -- "To Boldly Slice" Joe, First officer Spock should NOT put you in mind of zen since he represents pure logic...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Space.com has for sale at its site a pizza cutter in the shape of the Star > Trek >starship, the "Enterprise". > > (BTW, Spock always puts me in mind of "Zen", somehow). > > Maybe there are other Trekkers, here. > > The tool might be for sale elsewhere, too, as it is said to be officially >licensed merchandise. > > It's $29.95, though. I know I can live without it. But it's a nice work of >practical art. Laser-etched Stainless Steel; Chromium body. Solid Nutronium >hull, and Unobtainium undercarriage. Click on photo for larger view: > > http://store.space.com/gifts-gadgets/star-trek-enterprise-pizza-cutter/ > > Buon Appetito, > > --Joe >
