Donna, This is the crux of zen practice, to dissolve your 'ego' which we usually refer to as 'self' - the illusory concept that YOU are have an individual self which is separate and apart from other things.
Welcome to the Zen Forum. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "donna99004" <donna99004@...> wrote: > > Gee guys, sometimes I let my ego get in the way of my Buddha nature. > > > --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > Edgar, > > > > If by 'Socratic gadfly' you mean 'one who annoys by only answering > > selectively', then yes, that would be you. > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2012, 12:29 > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: blame game > > > > > > Â > > Joe, > > > > You a Socratic gadfly? Come on Joe, that's the role I play here. You on the > > other hand represent conformity and acceptance of the Zen orthodoxy... > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > Â > > >Merle, > > > > > >Well, I used to be a Carpenter. > > > > > >Just a list of my thoughts while considering Bill!'s reply to you. Not > > >really well thought-through, but a list of what came up during brief > > >pondering. > > > > > >And maybe I posed some Socratic questions (another previous profession). > > >;-) > > > > > >--Joe > > > > > >> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > >> > > >> you have hit it on the nail joe.. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
