Merle,
And welcome to it.
My left and right wings are intact; I can fly in a straight line and in any
sort of curly-cue that we featherless-bipeds can conceive of. And I see that
you can, too. You even put some of them into your paintings!
I think you're right that there's Zen in everything, whatever Zen is.
We won't say (here) what it is. Neither the Royal we nor the plural we. We
can't. But we can try poetry.
Well, you know, the forum's the place to discuss everything about these things
that the masthead invites us to discuss. So, we mix it up, as you do.
"Self-righteous" may as well be "self-lefteous", as far as I am concerned, and
I *am* concerned.
When we use both our wings, it is then just "Self"; it's up to "us" whether
that Self is the Buddha Nature expressing itself, or if it is instead an
application running upon that Operating System.
Now, there are applications, and there are applications, you know. Some are
those that we have installed intentionally, to get certain work done; Others
are viruses, hijackers, and Trojan Horses.
We practice in order to tell the difference, and to root out hijackers
free-loaders, and spam-bots. The rooting-out is done simply by removing power
from those virtual-machines, not by thinking, and not by surgery, nor by
un-soldering. And we develop and install skilful means in order to have
already installed the correct applications for instant use in situations when
they arise.
Does that sum up Practice pretty well as you understand it, or do you need a
Computer-Guru to translate? ;-)
There may be details and trinkets that I am leaving out, there, and I hope so,
because it's time for Lunch, and there are others here who might want to polish
or rearrange, destroy, or start from scratch. Or, not. That's what the forum
is for, I hope.
Too early for *YOUR* lunch!, haha! We're a few hours older than you are, here.
Lovely meal you showed pictures of. Time to eat!
Fine words butter no parsnips, you know.
Wishes, Down-Under, from up-over,
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> what is it with the group..all sour and nasty...
> what's with you joe and bill.. so argumentative..very right wing.
> i am right you cry constantly twisting words to suit their own agendas..
> it's not zen at all..but a forum for the self righteous..
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