joe...great advice...yes..awaken.. thank you once again... cheers merle Merle,
Don't judge any of us, yet. Practice, in the ways we have all practiced, so we all have a common language and common photo-album. If awakening happens, great; and at that point, look around and see if you differences. You won't! It's all charades. People pretending to be asleep. But you're not. And as your worldly discernment clarifies, years on, you'll know who is living close to the Dharma, and who is unfortunately afield from it, and why, and how, they are off-base (a baseball analogy, sorry). I say, though: don't decide NOW. It's early days; early days for all of us, I hope! ;-) The key is not to look for differences, but to ...Awaken. That this is possible is the single most under-appreciated wonder and miracle of the past 2500 years, I feel. Hail! cheers, --Joe PS Go ahead and answer your own question: CAN you practice meditation lying down? Some people can ONLY do it that way (hospitalized, etc.). So, why not us? Sitting is preferable, if we can sit. But I think astronauts in future will have to practice meditation in zero-g, or they will have to spin the spacecraft. > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > hi joe and all > > i read this this morning as part of my learning.. great messages..the poetry > is beautiful.. > > i also note that much of what is stated is very much what edgar has been > discussing.. > > so why are some of us always questioning edgar and his reality statements?.. > > edgar's finger is on the pulse so to speak... > > zen is not a competition to see who is able and who is not.. > > we are all students surely?.. > who has reached the pinnacle of "buddhahead"?.. > > when they might say they do are they then not needing to go back to the very > beginning return to the source?... > > whilst in thailand in 1974 i visited the lying down buddha..or is it the > sleeping buddha..bill would know... > can we practise meditation lying down as well as seated in chair standing > walking..and dare i say on the handwoven mat in the dusty hall.. > > woops i am slipping sideways...attention attention...attention... > > > i note joe that your friend john has passed away... so sad...take care..merle > > http://mro.org/zmm/teachings/daido/teisho61.php > > > > > > > > > > "those who know > that enough is enough > will always have enough" > ~~~~~~ lao tzu >
