Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone
On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:23, Edgar Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Joe, > > So long as you take it personally as sniping rather than instruction there > will be no advancement... Let there be no advancement. With nothing to gain, the mind is unfettered, far beyond all fear. > > Edgar > > > On Oct 29, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Joe wrote: > >> Edgar, >> >> Some Christian monastics seclude themselves in order to "intercede for the >> world". >> >> Zen monastics practice in order to "save all beings". >> >> I think it's their karma to do so. >> >> To make judgements about them, without even knowing a single ONE of them, >> and suggesting that they busy themselves in a world that you see as more >> real, I think only shows what YOU should be doing, and where YOU find >> yourself to be at home, either by default, by lack of imagination, lack of >> initiative, or masochism. >> >> Was Thomas Merton in a fantasy-land all his career? >> >> US Army Recruiting says: "Be All You Can Be." >> >> They may not use much imagination, but they use initiative. >> >> I think you choose -- and that you personally have chosen -- the world you >> need to live in, and I think, too, that you are continuously shackled by >> blinders and conditioning, and pulled by threads from the beginningless >> past. We all are. Just admit it. >> >> To snipe at how others live, and why, is just sniping; and it is sad to see, >> given the facts. >> >> I don't criticize you for your life choices, or compulsions, Edgar: I >> criticize you for Sniping. >> >> "Mindlessly meditating" is a good one though, I'll grant! ;-) >> >> Something for you to aspire to. >> >> "Be All You Can't"! >> >> --Joe >> >> PS Yes, I note the smile-face at conclusion of your post: some levity for >> you in return, before your power goes out. Got Ice? >> >> > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >> > >> > Sad commentary! Reminds me of a bunch of Zen monks all mindlessly >> > mediating all by themselves rather than INTERACTING in the real world! >> > :-) > > > >
