Being a big fan of the fictional series Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, by Kim 
Stanley Robinson, I would take a one way ticket to Mars, as soon as my kids are 
established as adults and probably I wouldn't get the chance anyways. 

There are no Zen references in the trilogy but there are some Whirling 
Dervishes.  

Thanks,
Chris Austin-Lane
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On Nov 25, 2012, at 9:15, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Merle,
> 
> It's all of Nature and Human nature that I care for, Merle.  Space is just 
> the biggest part of Nature.  And it's not separate from our planet: that's an 
> illusion.  ;-)
> 
> Mars had water, and probably had life.  Now Mars has water under the surface. 
>  It probably still has life.  Let's all please take *very* good care of 
> ourselves, OK?, and live to see the discovery of life on Mars, and how that 
> changes things in our world.  It shouldn't be long, now.
> 
> I dunno how paradisiacal Mars was; maybe for microbes it was a paradise!  
> Paradise may have gone underground, there, and I think it did.  I'd look near 
> hydro-thermal vents ("hot springs", if any such can be found, say, near Mars' 
> big extinct volcanoes).
> 
> Who'll be the first to sit Zazen on Mars?  Who'll be the first to hold 
> sesshin on Mars?  Who'll be the first to awaken on Mars?  Post now on-topic.
> 
> Would you visit the "Red Planet Zendo"?  Long way to travel to find oneself 
> at home.  We *already* live in space, Merle.
> 
> --Joe
> 
>> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>> 
>>  yes you are fascinated by space..good for you... i ask you was mars once an 
>> earthly paradise?..merle
> [snip]
> 
> 
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