Joe, O for God's sakes Joe, that was clearly a joke using a play on words to respond to someone else's post who used a similar phrase..
Edgar On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, sir, > > Let's leave that aside. Will you reply to my post, pls.? > > I refer you nonetheless to your post to us: > > Post three-four-zero-seven-niner. > > q. v.: > > Message List #34079 of 34704 < Previous Next > Start Topic > Re: [Zen] Re: I am sometimes feeling we are very artificial > Posted By: Offline > > edgarowen Offline Send Email Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:08 am | > > LOL! > > How true. I paid nothing and I got MU! > > Edgar > > On Nov 21, 2012, at 12:45 AM, Bill! wrote: > > > > > > > Edgar, > > > > Well you know the old saying..."You get what you pay for." > > > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > > > Joe, > > > > > > O, I do know a few things about him that you've told me including that he > > > claimed an impossible 6 year diet. > > > > > > I also know from your reluctance to discuss it that he charged for your > > > Zen lessons which I find suspicious. > > > > > > In all my practice at Zen temples there was never any charge at all. > > > Lessons, food and board were all gratis... > > > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > > > > Edgar, > > > > > > > > The "ifs" show touching concern for us, but he did none of those > > > > things, ever. This is why I said that you know nothing about him. That > > > > was my point, and now yours. > > > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > > PS To quote Lin Chi (about Edgar): "When will the comings and goings of > > > > this fellow be at an end?" > > > > > > > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The point is that if he lied about this to artificially enhance his > > > > > reputation that tells us a lot about his character and perhaps his > > > > > grasp of Zen as well... > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > I never said "I got Mu". I don't know where that came from but it's not > > anything I'd say... > > > > Edgar > > > > > > On Nov 29, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > > Edgar, > > > > > > How did it go for you? > > > > > > You wrote that you practiced in a temple or temples in Japan, and "got" > > > Mu. Will you tell us more? > > > > > > Bill! and I, and others, have gone into this about ourselves here a > > > little. I wonder how it went for you. I'm a newcomer here, but don't know > > > if I missed it. May I ask for even a brief version? Or any version. > > > > > > Or, pls. tell me the keywords to search under at the website archive of > > > the Group's history? > > > > > > How about since you've been home? How has it gone? Is practice a part of > > > your life nowadays? Is it different now since "Mu", and have you become > > > Mu more than once? What's going on in your life. > > > > > > Coming down to brass stacks. > > > > > > There's saving power in stories. > > > > > > (although not conservation of electricity) ;-) > > > > > > Thanks! in advance. > > > > > > And, with Cheers!, > > > > > > --Joe > >
