Bill The "subject line" refers to the book
Ehei Dogen, Mystical Realist, Hee-Jin Kim Nevertheless, I would agree with you though, so how about that one! . . . Mystical is a word in our time that denotes something special . . . usually it has something to do with "spiritual but not religious." Or apologetics for certain Religions. Like the word esoteric . . . Enlightenment . . . how about that booby trap word? I am more from the school of "get your ass over there and sit down . . ." Or -- "don't!" Samey Samey . . . Anyway, I am not big on the word myself . . . it has worn out its usefulness, if it had any to begin with. zendervish --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Suresh, > > There is no spiritual quality in zen. Dogen was not a mystic as is stated in > the subject line of this post. He was a realist. Only that. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@> wrote: > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > Wonderful saying. I have a problem. This daily life often takes me out > > of this spirituality. I often drained off by the thoughts of wanting > > and fearing. I can't speak spiritual in other forums such as Merchant > > Navy forums, which they dislike. Can anyone have a separate life one > > for professional and for personal? People have multiple faces, they > > don't speak truth or even they don't know that they are possessed by > > egoic thoughts. If you point out their egoic way of thiking, they get > > angry. > > > > I am afraid I wanted to be constantly aware of my inner peace and > > remain in peace. But it doesn't seem to happen. My energy levels are > > going down. Can I be enlightened? > > > > -- > > Thanks and best regards > > J.Suresh > > New No.3, Old No.7, > > Chamiers road - 1st Lane, > > Alwarpet, > > Chennai - 600018 > > Ph: 044 42030947 > > Mobile: 91 9884071738 > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
