Edgar, I'll mention that to Sogyal Rinpoche if I ever meet him. I think he's still alive, and about my age too!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > "waste your life is relative". It's a false judgement. In reality nothing is > "wasted". > > Edgar > > > > On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Bill! wrote: > > > Why Meditate? Sogyal Rinpoche writes: "Generally we waste our lives, > > distracted from our true selves, in endless activity; meditation, on the > > other hand, is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we can really > > experience and taste our full being, beyond all habitual patterns. Our > > lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and > > aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing, and achieving, forever > > burdening ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations. > > > > Meditation is the exact opposite. To meditate is to make a complete break > > with how we "normally" operate, for it is a state free of all cares and > > concerns, in which there is no competition, no desire to possess or grasp > > at anything, no intense and anxious struggle, and no hunger to achieve: an > > ambitionless state where there is neither acceptance nor rejection, neither > > hope nor fear, a state in which we slowly begin to release all those > > emotions and concepts that have imprisoned us into the space of natural > > simplicity." --The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying pages 58-59 > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
