Hi, Bill!, Somewhere in the thread of posts of late regarding Buddha Nature, Edgar mentioned that a hard part in our practice is bringing our awakening to the realm of forms, and that meditation leading to awakening may have been the "easy" part of the old two-step.
I didn't really think this was quite an apt way to put it, but I certainly understood from experience that ending a long period of intensive practice and returning to home life can open us to a challenge. And I recall how, after sesshins end, for example, a lot of happiness, and laughing and tears, and, as people are leaving, people would sometimes say, "Well, the REAL sesshin begins TOMORROW!" Everybody understands this. As Mike was giving his advice to Edgar at the apparent end of that thread, I chimed in to support the part of Edgar's contributions that was indeed for me the most poignant and practical and important, as I see it as a practitioner. I did not expect to carry on at a little length about things not too unrelated. Like you, I suppose I write extemporaneously too, Bill! "Twirling"? Is someone a Drum Majorette? --Joe > "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Joe, > > Maybe I missed something, but is your comment below addressed to Mike about > Edgar's comment - and if so which one? Or should your comment below have > been addressed to Edgar about Mike's comment - which you included below? > > Twirling in Thailand...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > I say Edgar is right, though, that coming back is a hard part. > > > > Especially coming back from a long practice somewhere, and making your own > > (interruptable) schedule, again. It takes balance (retaining it, and, yes, > > reGaining it), and grace. Grace toward others and toward oneself. [snip] ------------------------------------ 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/
