Merle!!!!!!! 'BARE with me'!!!!
What a great Freudian slip! Merle has the hots for Bill! I knew it! :-) Edgar On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:57 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > joe..thank you for your patience..i am learning...bare with me..merle > > Merle, > > The suffering you feel when you consider the suffering of others is reason > enough to quieten the mind. You're hurting. > > Quieten the mind, and then you can help others. Not via ideas: via Compassion. > > That is the "Zen" way. > > There is no other "reason" to practice Zen. > > There is no useful "insight" that can be held just as Insight, and be > effective. No: the point of Zen practice is to allow one's CHARACTER to > change. And change NOT according to a rule-book: but change to its true > nature, its original nature, its actual nature. Not twisted, not bent, not > bent out of shape. And not hammered back into shape by a blacksmith, or by > "you". > > But restored by Nature, instead. > > That is our way in our practice as Zen practitioners. > > There is no other reason that we practice. > > What you call Zen moments, or describe something as "so Zen" is just an utter > and complete embarrassment to hear, by someone who practices. Those things > are nonsense. How does your enjoying these things help the people of Boston? > > The boat is in front of you, if you would just get off it, Merle. > > --Joe > > >
