Merle, Even better since Joe is available! He's waiting out there in the desert all alone! :-)
Edgar On Apr 17, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Merle Lester wrote: > > > hots for bill!!!!!!...note i address the post to joe...merle > > 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 >> >> > > > > >
