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Still no Christian, but that's my kind of Zen,
David.
Kathleen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:12
PM
Subject: [Zen] Re: Street Fighting
Zen
Your mind has been trained to be the way it is. A ritual
thought or
bevhaviour is ingrained as habit when done 3000 times. (I dont
know
if that is scientific) the point being that we have behaviours and
reactions based upon previously learned patterns. These will not go
away quickly. If you are angry at someone when they are "acting out"
then you have an ingrained mental process that activates chemicals
when you experience the angry human. And then you are swayed by
those
chemicals to act in a certain way.
1st step is to realize what
thoughts and emotions are. They are bio
chemical, and if they are bio
chemical that means they are physical,
and if they are physical then they
are molecular and if they are
molecular then they are also atomic and each
particular atom has a
nucleus. Now I have read the if the nucleus of an
atom is the size
of a grape then the electron would circle out 2 miles
away. So if
ultimate reality is at the sub atomic level then "our" reality
is
only real to us because we have eyes and senses. At the atomic level
the only difference between a skin atom and an air atom is a
circling
electron. So at that level where is your anger? It doesnt
exist exept for
circling electrons in a universe of infinity. So
when we come back to you
and your reactions we can see that the
world is like an illusion.
Subatomic particles wiggling. When you
realize this reality then you can
understand emptiness.
So when you can understand that your "reality"
is relative then you
can understand that everything is changing and
morphing. "Everything" is temporary. So then a thought is temporary
and an emotion is temporary. One moment you are happy the next
angry.
So your question on "how to do this" is based upon your study of
yourself. What makes you get angry at these people. What is that
trigger. A thought leads to emotion and an emotion leads to
decision.
A desicion can effect the rest of your life. Make no
decisions based on
emotion and realize emotion comes from thought,
and when you were a child
born into this world you had no thought.
You only had life.
Before
the next thought and after the last one, you are an elite
soldier of
discipline realizing the "reality" of reality. And this
set you apart from
almost everyone and their vocal cord vibrations
are only waves of sound
coming at you. Then you can see that this
angry human needs help to
understand as well. Thats a true path of a
zen street fighter, No Zen, No
Street, No Fighter. Only wiggling.
David
Barclay
www.christianzen.com
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[EMAIL PROTECTED], "AC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
From: David Isaac Barclay Their power can only come from a
reaction from
you. When they are observed as what they are...a
shouting human...then you
can just reflect the situation and deal
with things objectively. This of
> course takes practice... But this is true street fighting
zen.>>
>
> So how do you get there? I am someone who has
the nervous
temperament and the shouting, yelling, etc. human gets to me
every
time. That is a split-second reaction. How do I not-react before
reacting when I am just minding my own business and someone just
pops
up to complain, yell, insult, etc.? How do I get that objective
brain cell
ahead of the other brain cells?
Noble Eightfold Path:
Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort,
Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood
Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood
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