bill..i am referring to the monetary value..noting escapes the dollar..all is for sale..is nothing sacred and priceless?...merle
Merle, No, nothing is sacred. Nothing is damned. It's only our dualistic, discriminating mind that makes it seem that way. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  bill.... i only realised after i posted this... they do sell > fingernails...acrylic ones....... is nothing sacred ?..merle >  > Merle, > > It could be worse...they could be offering for sale their live mother's > fingernails... :>( > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > >  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: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÆ'‚ yes chris..you are on the correct path to this > > > > trivial...i think edgar calls it comic book zen...merle > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÆ'‚ > > > > 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. > > > > ÃÆ'‚ You've never seen US culture trivialize > > > > zen?ÃÆ'‚ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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,ÃÆ'‚ > > > > > > > > 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. ÃÆ'‚ 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/ ÃÆ'‚ 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"? > > > > >> ÃÆ'‚ 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
