edgar..better button your lip..before you get into deep hot water..joe and i are cousins..merle
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 >> >> >> >> > > > > >
