--- ventouxboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ---Great responses all, i'm still trying to fully
> wrap my brain
> around these concepts. Ahhhh, learning. Alex, if I
> understand you
> correctly, you're saying that it's possible to
> practice zen without
> it affecting your life.
No, I don't think I've ever said that.
> Theoretically I understand,
> but in life I
> don't. Hojo Soun once said that a man reveales his
> innermost self in
> a single word. It seems to me that if you really
> believe/practice
> something it will ooze through the subconscious. Am
> I missing something?
No, I don't think so. I agree that what a person is
and what a person does is one and the same thing
(sorta:-)
> Also, on the matter of opening up or shutting
> down. When I said
> yesterday that I understand why monks occasionally
> retreat from
> society, I meant it more as a statement on self
> preservation rather
> than to keep oneself from hurting others, although
> that's a good
> reason too. Kind of what you said about the elephant
> and the rabbit,
> and what I added about being careful in the presence
> of them.
> Ignorance can be a very dangerous thing, even if
> it's not our
> ignorance. I hope this isn't too vague, but i'm
> trying to avoid
> dumping personal problems here.
I agree. People can be very dangerous when ignorant.
Even regular, workaday Joes, the so-called pillars of
society. Let's not forget what happened 60 years ago
in the Nazi Germany. Only a handful of lunatics? I
don't think so.
> On lesser matters; yes, Alex, my name is really
> Guy. It was the
> Sixties, my parents smoked a lot of pot, what do you
> want me to
> do?:p Peace, Guy
No, no, it's cool, I just felt kind of weird
addressing you as 'Guy', without being certain that
it's your actual name.
You can reciprocate by addressing me as 'Dude':-)
Alex
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