Mike, LOL! Depends if I can get a publisher or have to do it myself...
Do you want the leather bound gold stamped edition? :-) O, on second thought I'll send you a free copy if you promise to behave yourself. :-) Edgar On Nov 20, 2012, at 6:58 PM, mike brown wrote: > > Edgar, > > >There is guru after guru claiming HE is the only one who is enlightened and > >can pass that enlightenment on - but first you have to pay! > > How do we go about getting a free copy of your soon to be published book then? > > Mike > > > From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 23:40 > Subject: Re: [Zen] the zen spirit > > > Merle, > > Excellent question. There is guru after guru claiming HE is the only one who > is enlightened and can pass that enlightenment on - but first you have to pay! > > Edgar > > > > On Nov 20, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > >> >> >> >> how can we be so sure that the master is truly awake, joe?.... merle >> >> >> >> Brother Suresh, >> >> Mind is a funny thing. Sometimes we can convince ourselves that, "Now I've >> seen everything!", and be happy. But a teacher might say we have not entered >> the door, yet. >> >> A book cannot interact with us in this way, because the "content" of the >> book is only open to our interpretation, and out interpretation can be >> hundreds of miles OFF. >> >> And if the Intellect does the judging, you are already wrong. >> >> If you read the Zen literature and accounts of the masters, you will see >> many stories of monks stepping forward, claiming to be "enlightened" after >> reading many Sutras, etc., but the master hits them with a stick and chases >> them back to the meditation hall to "Work harder!, you faker!" >> >> Words are GOADS, but cannot give you an examination. Only the Doctor can. >> >> A book can teach you some methods and attitudes, but it CANNOT test you on >> whether you have truly shed your skin or not. Another individual who is >> AWAKE must do this, or you may in fact be hundreds of miles off-course, and >> all hands will be lost. >> >> You need GPS! Dead-reckoning too often results in wrecks. >> >> --Joe >> >> > SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@...> wrote: >> > >> > Joe: A teacher is needed to help us persist the right way(s). >> > >> > Suresh: Do you mean a teacher in living body form? Why not a teacher >> > be a book? Or why not it is nature? or why not it is a situation? >> >> >> >> > > > > >
