Merle, As you know, you have no self to be chastised and disrespected.
But I still suggest you have that eyeglass prescription tended-to. Or else, ...read Bill!'s posts slowly and with a mind tilted toward understanding that he recognizes, by painful and compassionate practice, that reason and rationality and especially Rationalism is nothing but a log-jam to the possibility of our actually awakening. It is disease, sickness, and death. Bill! is so right-on that it's not funny. ;-) Me too. ;-) Life is short. Don't think about it. Instead, SINK. Our practice teaches us to SINK. Don't think: SINK. Won't you try? (oh, God; now I sound like the Jefferson Airplane... q.v., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kah1fH6uyc). --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > bill..so you were scolding me for no reason?...me the sensitive soul...you >hurt me...tut tut...how can you call yourself enlightened?...merle > > Merle, > > My recent 'scolding' posts have been, as Joe easily recognized, > tongue-in-cheek. A ruse. A joke. > > I'm certain Edgar claims to be and would be proud to be called a > 'rationalist'. And I agree that's exactly what I think he is also. > > It's just that I dont' think that's something to be proud of. > > ...Bill! ------------------------------------ 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/
