Mike,
Yes, quite a come-down, eh? Haven't you been in free-fall before? I've
trained on "the Vomit Comet". ;-)
It's a fascinating background you have, to this hard-headed scientist. I've
never worked with criminals (inside...), but I recall some "Prison Projects"
that certain US Zen teachers carried out, to bring Zen practice to prisons.
Teachers would go in and teach zazen and hold interview, and hold discussions.
I think it was very welcomed by some of the population. I never thought I
could do it then, but maybe now. I think, after taking the first step, one
knows what to do. Maybe not! I'm sure the fellows inside would teach me a
lot, too, about how to be effective.
"A research interviewer for the Australian government" sounds absolutely
fascinating, especially. I get visions of some of the "interviews" I see in
the fictional BBC series, "Spooks" (it's called "MI-5" here in the States).
Nothing like that? ;-)
Son of a hard-hat, here. Dad was a Carpenter for 50 years, a Union man. His
young son became a philosopher and an astronomer, but I still revel in sawdust;
I didn't fall far from the tree, nor from the wood, happily. Dad was a
philosopher, too, in his way; and a great Conservationist and Naturalist; even
what they would have called in his generation a "Natural Philosopher." I like
that thought about him, best, in addition to "Carpenter".
Thanks for the insights about koans, through an... ooops, almost said the "A-"
word... ...through YOUR eyes! See, I don't have to put you in a category as a
professional of one sort or another. Are you still doing the work? All done
with all of it? Time to watch grass grow, and paint dry?
More CPU-cycles thus available for Samadhi? ;-)
May practice keep you in good nick, Mike.
--Joe
> mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>
> Here's me defending people and their reputations and then you go and call me
> an "Attorney". I thought we were friends!
>
> No, any ideas of becoming a lawyer were quashed before the end of first year.
> I hated the 'black letter' side of the law, but loved the more
> jurisprudential and philosophical side. I was also a youth worker (B.Soc
> Sci.) before I got into the graduate law programme, so was never really
> interested in the commercial aspect of the law either. After 4 years of law
> school I went into criminology and became a research interviewer for the
> Australian government.
[snip]
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