joe...on a clear day i can see sydney skyscrapers..from every room in the 
house... i do my best as best can be under the circumstances...we are not all 
as free as birds to do as we wish whenever we wish..i have family 
responsibilities and commitments..i try my best..i make effort every day... be 
kind and patient...merle
  
Merle,

So I hear you say.

But you take me wrongly.  I was addressing someone here who is practicing Soto 
Zen with a teacher; yet, you commented anyway, and in a way to chastise me, 
then.

This, although you practice with no teacher, and may not know Soto from Rinzai 
from Obaku, unless you've read some good foundational books, and remember 
something factual of what you have read.

70 km?  That's about 43 US miles.  I suppose you can see the glow of the City 
in your night sky.  Does the sky light interfere with your naked-eye view of 
the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds?

--Joe

> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..we have been there i can't get to a teacher..so i teach myself...edgar 
> would not be saying i need a teacher...i am my own teacher..for the 100th 
> time i live 70 ks from sydney...don't you get it?... it's impossible... so i 
> MUST do my own teaching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! merle
>   
> Merle,
> 
> If you are practicing Soto Zen with a teacher and sangha, then, and only 
> then, shall I apologize, and profusely, too, with kudos and best wishes.  But 
> ONLY at that time.
> 
> What teacher have you?
> 
> Ah; you need none.  Right!
> 
> ;-)


 

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