Joe, I love the way Joe thinks he speaks for ALL Zen practitioners, using the royal third party 'we' and 'our' as in 'our practice' and 'we do this but not that' as if he were the official sanctified mouthpiece for all Zen practitioners everywhere..... What megalomania!
Edgar On Mar 23, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > Gaa-ackk. > > Our way is not a Vaudeville act. > > Anyway, go ahead and take your teaching to a sangha you form. You might > create yet a sixth school of the Zen sect, to replace one of the ones which > died out. Go carefully. Wishes, > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Zen in daily life is very simple. > > > > Illusion IS reality. > > > > This is easy to understand with an analogy. A magician's trick is reality. > > It actually happens and is actually real. The illusion is being fooled by > > it because you don't understand how it works. The reality is understanding > > it. The reality of the magician's trick IS that it is a REAL illusion. > > > > Similarly all of reality, every bit of the reality of daily life, is a > > magician's trick. Everything that exists is reality but nothing is as it > > initially appears to be. It is this misunderstanding of reality that is > > illusion. To properly understand the illusion you must use mind and reason > > to figure it out. Only then can you actually move beyond reason to directly > > experience it for what it actually is. > > > > Only then can you directly experience the true nature of things, that > > reality is illusion and illusion is reality. > > > > This is the meaning of "Mountains are mountains again".... > > > > This is bringing Zen to daily life... > >
