Mike, Unfortunately there are other ways to express yourself besides honestly. I appreciate the way you've chosen, or better yet maybe choice wasn't even involved if as you say for your there is no other way.
I also understand what you're saying but for me I need to draw a distinct line between experience and illusion - especially on a site dedicated to zen. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > <br/>Bill!,<br/><br/>To be honest (is there any other way?), I have no > problem with expressing my path as a spiritual path. I'd even go so far as to > say Zen is a mystical path. When we transcend the self - body and mind drop > away - we're 'in a place' that the mystics would recognise. I get what you're > saying - there is no soul or spirit as a thing - but it's so beyond every day > life (especially if we're following a moral and compassionate practice) that > 'spiritual' captures the difference quite well (I appreciate my Vipassana > influences this perspective, but I've come across many Zen teachers who > describe their practice as a spiritual > practice).<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone > ------------------------------------ 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/
