wires .... close the circuit billlllllllllll...a bit bloody drastic!..merle Merle,
In your rhetorical question below about attachment, if 'have my wires crossed' is a metaphor for 'don't understand correctly' then my answer is: 'Re-configuring your wires won't help. You must close the circuit.' ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  >  yes indeed joe let's all sing praise to Billlllllll > indeed he is a master and a teacher of the first order... >  nasty comment you provided about the" psycho-babble folk".... we are all > one, joe >  compassion is the order of the day! >  teach those folk zen >  why do we attach buddhism to zen if i am constantly told by Billlllll >  don't do it >  or do i have  my wires crossed? > merle > > >  > Merle, > > I THINK I understand that, Merle. Not sure. You leave a good deal for the > student to work out. > > Bill is right that you often leave out a good deal of syntax, or leave > pronouns ambiguous. > > But, I want to say, and MUST say... > > I've got to hand it to Bill!: I think he is unwaveringly giving the > tried-and-true picture of Zen practice -- when he does -- as well as the > orthodox understanding of practice, and orthodox approach to it. > > There may be other approaches, but the orthodox approach is never astray, and > is really bare-bones in the first place, honed for centuries, and: "Necessary > and Sufficient". > > Modern teachers might add some modern Psycho-babble mumbo-jumbo as skilful > means, to help the more antsy, Caffeine-consuming, people sit a little more > still and pay attention during Teishos, or at introductory lectures. > > Bill! is not making anything up, nor does what he writes conflict either with > the canonical scriptures nor with the teachings of ancient or modern masters. > How rare is THAT? It's Valuable. > > I appreciate very much the gentle and useful hints Bill! gives here in > helping to correct or put in context the picture of "Zen", or the details of > Practice that people sometimes present here. I understand that this is not > necessarily a Moderator's *expected* duty, but I appreciate that Bill! takes > it as a Participant's privilege, and that he does not merely take a back-seat > as a moderator who simply roots out profanity or _ad hominen_ attackers from > the Group. > > The generosity of his overall response is moreover solidly in accord with the > behavior of a Bodhisattva, and consistent with a Buddha's. > > Kudos!, > > and bows of gratitude, > > --Joe > > PS Therefore, taking all in all, and amidst this _ad hominem_ praise of > mine, I say, "Bill! for President!" ;-) > > > ah ha... billlllllllll we have approached "the united we stand...divided > > we fall"...merle >
