hi joe billllll and group..
.i am off line at moment...series of parties.
.grand daughter turned 3 on 6th / 11//annika had a fairy party on the sat
before her actual b/day
and my hubby turned 70 on 7th /11..
.big hush hush top secret surprise party on sunday for him... so busy busy
any news of edgar?
cheers merle
Bill!,
Yes!
And, of course we know that Avalokitesvara is the one who listens to the cries
of the creatures of the world. And, through her/him, we learn that listening
is a great practice, and can indeed bring us to awakening at any time (if we're
not careful). ;-)
At a zen center in Tucson, one dear Bodhisattva established a group called "The
Listening Circle". It was mostly to train us to be better at listening,
especially to people, in our lives, by giving us practice at doing this, at
meetings of the Group. It lasted only two meetings! Even at a Zen center... .
Surprising. The facilitator/founder was fantastically skilled, too, a teacher
of creative writing at a college here, and long time zen practitioner.
--Joe / Tucson
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> I saw this on another forum I frequent and I wanted to share it here. I
> don't know who the author of this quote is but I think it's right on point...
>
> "We often lose gratitude for the world around us. By practicing mindfulness
> we are able to touch the sounds around us, for example. We hear the sounds
> [snip]
