Dear Agnes, I guess part of the problem appears to be that you had expectations. When your expectations were not met, it had to be someone else's fault.
I came to Zen forum to place a metaphorical bowl out to the universe and see what the universe chose to put in it. Sometimes there appears crap and sometimes jewels. It is not the universe's fault my bowl is where it is. If my bowl is filled with crap I empty it and place it out again. If it is filled with nourishing food, I eat my fill. If there are jewels in my bowl, I use them for the good of all beings....in any case...the bowl just gets set out again. It is up to me to handle my bowl. If I wanted to stop getting the emails from this list, I would follow the directions that appear on the bottom of many of the emails that come from the list, or I would visit the list's website and follow the directions there to remove myself. Since no one made me join, it seems a bit presumptous to demand that someone else takes care getting me out. If you are naive enough to think that you are going to have any less contention on a Buddhist list than you would on any other list, then you need to wake up to the reality that in every place there is good and bad, and it is up to you to deal with it. If one cannot handle a bit of contention on an email list, I doubt they would survive long in the real world. Your way seems to be too fragile to be of much use to you...perhaps you could take up ....well, choose anything that will work better for you than this way appears to be doingfor you. Be Well Fudo Agnes wrote: > AC, > > My objectives of joining the Zenforum were very simple - enjoy peaceful, harmony and > fun of sharing thoughts and ideas, give myself a peaceful time when I can stay away > from stress, frustrations and/or conflicts/confrontation. > > I don't mind the time I spent when I could have opportunity to read and/or engage > some interesting subjects or discussions. But if constantly have to worry and/or > encounter aggressive attitude and/or hostile communication, then I have to ask > myself, do I really have that much of time when i can use that time in thinking of > how to apply Zen principle or philosophy to improve my life and relationships with > my children. > > My departure from the Forum is not against any specific person but really I simply > don't have that much time of going through or engaging in any form of > confrontational attitude or languages, because it really against the Zen philosophy > that I have learned. > > I have requested to remove from the list but I still receive the posting, I will > only engage when there is something interesting and inspiring, otherwise I will > remain sitting at the backseat. > > Agnes > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
