hi bill...
yes thank you for this story.. indeed certainly points the way to the now... have you read.."if this is a man"?... primo levi...italian jew trained as a chemist a must read before you die... account of levi's experience in auschwitz brilliant insight! i am dong my meditation practise and finding it somewhat..(hey i don't want to leave this "nice space" in my head..) how can i gently ease myself back into the everyday? merle Merle, Oh, I see now..."waiting in line at Auschwitz". Yeah, it would be very, very difficult at that time to just be 'in the moment' and not surrender to suffering, but I think not impossible as is depicted in the recent story I related about a zen master being threatened by a samurai and expressed very well by the excellent zen story about the tiger, the cliff, the mice and the berries: "A Zen Master who, while out walking one day, is confronted by a ferocious, man-eating tiger. He slowly backs away from the animal, only to find that he is trapped at the edge of a high cliff; the tiger snarls with hunger, and pursues the Master. His only hope of escape is to suspend himself over the abyss by holding onto a vine that grows at its edge. As the Master dangles from the cliff, two mice – one white and one black – begin to gnaw on the vine he is clutching on. If he climbs back up, the tiger will surely devour him, if he stays then there is the certain death of a long fall onto the jagged rocks. The slender vine begins to give way, and death is imminent. Just then the precariously suspended Zen Master notices a lovely ripe wild strawberry growing along the cliff's edge. He plucks the succulent berry and pops it into his mouth. He is heard to say: "This lovely strawberry, how sweet it tastes." - Source endofthegame.net Now THAT'S only living in the moment! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  bill!!!!! hear is the entire content and if you read all...you will realise > why i have called the post auschwitz...merle > > hi group. > > i thought you might be interested in this discussion i had with a friend .. > > you will have to read his email first so begin at the bottom... > >  any thoughts?... am i on track? >  >  merle > > > > (my reply)..centrelink is the name for i government welfare agency in > australia > > > > > > > > we will have to agree to disagree.. > > > > > > > > > >while you" wait in line".......huffing and puffing and" hating every moment" > >of so called "wasted" time .. > > > > > >you are not experiencing the moment...you are longing to be somewhere > >else...an illusion..... > > > > > >it is not zen what you are referring to... > > > > > >you'd get on great guns with edgar on zen group..he is forever trying to > >convince the group his special little brand of zen...whereas mike, bill  > >joe  disagree... > > > > > >these guys are not fools by any means... they have all spent time back in > >the youth  with zen masters..some in japan... so i have a great deal of > >respect for what they are saying.. > > > > > >joe's favourite mantra is "strong practise"... > > > > > > > > > >the great spirit is not confined to a mango tree... > > > > > >it is in every corner and every cranny of life... > > > > > >you will find it at centrelink.. > > > > > >i have had long discussions with the zen group with my "zen in the > >supermarket", and "dancing with daffodils"... > > > > > >once you make the realisation you will see it's as simple as this.. > > > > > >your statements here contradict each other.. > > > > > >you say zen is everywhere...no special time... then you hanker for the > >"mango tree" experience.. > > > > > > to become an "expert " at archery you have to practise.. > > > > > >everything in life requires practise.....and so with zen... > > > > > > if you feel you don't need to or more likely don't want to well that's > >your business however i note a taste of sarcasm and cynicism in your > >wording..this certainly is not zen > > > > > > > > > > i trust the day will bring some fruit in terms of your work cover etc > > > > and be a little bit grateful you are perhaps not "waiting in line" to > >enter the gas chambers at auschwitz .. > > > > > >then you'd well and truly savour ever single breath you have and taste the > >moment as it is... > > > > > > beautiful autumn day unfolds at 8:30am > > > > > > take it easy..and as joe says "strong practise" > > > > > > with love merle > > > > > > > > > >Is the birdies, oooh hoooh, they go, oooh hoooh, is daytime. > >> > >>Yes, but. This is the socially tricky way of saying no, and no is > what I mean. > >> > >>When one is one, one IS zen. Then we don’t practise zen, we be zen, > we are zen. There is no special time for this. Practise? Know > zen, and then practise of it makes no sense. The zen archer doesn’t > practise archery. The zen archer simply hits the target. Surely you > should know this. > >> > >>So here’s the big secret. If I have to wait in a line for any > extended period of time, I resent it. It’s an unpleasant situation. > There’s no less zen and no more zen about it. Ok, it’s an opportunity > to > do some deep breathing, inhaling the contagion of the other creatures in > line. I resent it, because it’s time I could otherwise have spent being > closer to the great spirit that lives in my mango tree ... and closer to > the birdies ... oooh hoooh, they go, oooh hoooh, is daytime. > >> > >>Love > >>John > >> > >> > >> > >>Subject: Fwd: RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time - > YouTube > >> > >>practise > your zen when you are waiting in a line..you'd be surprised..".the secret of > line waiting" will be revealed .. > >> > >>and ya never know  it would make a great song > >> > >>with love merle > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>>Subject: RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time - YouTube > >>> > >>> > >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > >
