bill!..yes anything to make a quid!... i have a saying: those same folk would sell their dead mother's fingernails !..merle
Merle, ...and as you and Chris noted in an early post they've already started selling Buddha Nature and enlightenment... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  excellent bill.... > > never dreamt of the day in australia when they would sell water..now it is > so...and next will be air...and bottled sunshine..merle >  > Chris, Merle, Joe, et al... > > Could you get anymore trivial and any more true than the saying which is also > the title of a book: "selling water by the river"? > > What is more trivial than water? What is more precious than water? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > >  yes chris..you are on the correct path to this trivial...i think edgar > > calls it comic book zen...merle > > > > > >  > > http://www.thesatoriteacompany.com/ > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IK735YHVtA > > > > > > http://zenhabits.net/ > > > > > > I believe you must simply be failing to understand my words here.  > > You've never seen US culture trivialize zen? > > > > > > > > http://cherrycrime26.hubpages.com/hub/Meditation-Techniques-To-Manifest-Money > > > > > > http://www.zenprofits.com/ > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Centered-Transform-Your-Weeks-Meditation/dp/1401935869 > > > > > > Oh well, > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > --Chris > > chris@ > > +1-301-270-6524 > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Joe <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > > > >I never heard such stuff.  Dunno where you may be coming from. > > > > > >It may be just a geographic or cultural proclivity, or merely and > > >importantly personal. > > > > > >I hope you and your chosen teacher will take these things up, if they are > > >important in (Zen) practice. > > > > > >Best, > > > > > > > > >--Joe > > > > > >> Chris Austin-Lane <chris@> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> I wasn't really referring to the case when people with a lot of aware > > >> experiences of buddha nature trivialize it - that seems like a > > >> non-problem > > >> to me. > > >> > > >> I was referring to the tendency of [my, i.e. US] culture to trivialize > > >> everything, especially stuff from other traditions, e.g. > > >> http://zeninamoment.com/  or http://www.kenwilber.com/blog/list/1 > > >> http://bigmind.org/genpo-roshi > > >> > > >> People want to think that there is some simple fix that they can acquire, > > >> rather than that there is no problem, and nothing to fix but their own > > >> tendencies to blindness, irritation and wanting stuff, which is extremely > > >> non-trivial to lay down, and that the process of laying down these > > >> tendencies is so profoundly satisfying that one can't find it trivial; it > > >> is as trivial as singing in the rain while feeling happy. > > >> > > >> In my experience, people in the US are apt to paper over the most > > >> profound > > >> moments with silly thin ideas, turning away from the suchness we have a > > >> chance to share in and turning towards some paper-thing abstraction. > > >> > > >> Do I think that substituting "seeing God" or "seeing the face of God" > > >> might > > >> help someone understand "Just This!" or "experience Buddha nature"?  > > >> I find > > >> it likely enough to be worth discussing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > > > >Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > >reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
