Chris, Nice analogy, but you didn't insult anyone in it.
Are you sure you're posting this on the right forum? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > It has been a year since I jumped in the waves, so I stand in the water a > newbie, unacquainted with the ebb and flow. There is no controlling the > water, merely seeing clearly and responding appropriately. > > Waves roll ceaselessly-sometimes my eager mind wants me to jump in front of > a wave before the wave has arrived. Sometimes my regretful mind wants me > to jump after a wave already gone. Sometimes, I wait and jump with the > wave, caught up into the swirling process of breaking on the shore, pushed > along into the shore, not caring or worrying for a thing just knowing the > exultant motion of life: balanced between air and water, rolling along, > held tenderly in the center, the wave and rider are flung together with > sand and foam and shells and motion and seaweed and friction and light . . > eventually I emerge, the wave gone, and stand up and drain the water from > my sinuses and nose and eyes, establishing some idea of inside and outside, > and walk to the waves. > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
