:)
Gassho
Francisco
> It is almost a requirement for cool as you have noted, that you not
> think of yourself as cool, you do not plan to become cool, nor do
you
> set out on a lifetime of obscure absurd practices in order to
become
> cool. You have a chance of becoming cool by gathering a vast array
of
> interesting insights and history so people think you are unusual
enough
> to be cool, but one must avoid becoming trendy, because trendy is
not
> really cool either. The best way to be cool is to be yourself, to
be
> cool in your bones, without effort because you have soaked to the
marrow
> of your bones in cool, and have become unconscious of just how cool
you
> really are.
>
> Dogen's practice (the whole thing not just the zazen or meditation
part)
> is a long cool dip in being a Buddha, all you need do is soak in
it, and
> after a long enough time you become unaware of the bath, and the
Buddha,
> and just keep going.....cool.
>
> Be Well
>
> Fudo
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