It Is True That What Ever You Are Not Attending To Will Knock You Around A Bit. It Is Possible To Play At Chess By Yourself, But Until You Play With Another You Will Never Be Surprised By An Unanticipated Move, And You Have Never Really Played Chess. You Can Turn On The Music And Practice The Steps To The Tango Alone In Your Room, But Until You Hold A Partner In Your Arms You Have Never Danced The Tango. Until You Dance The Tango You Will Never Understand The Tango. Until You Practice With A Master You Will Not Understand Zen. Like Chess And The Tango, Zen Was Never Meant To Be A Solo Activity. Be Well, Fudo
--- Infernal Elk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If only we students could enlist someone to deliver a stinging slap >> at will. IMHO this has been the real challenge of life: how to get >> stung on schedule, if only to take the attention off the dull ache. >> In the absence of teachers, we slap fight passersby, secretly >> hoping to get knocked on our ass. Or more true would be, seek to >> find someone to deliver a more penetrating blow after we learn to >> avoid the first style of probing. not sure it's necessary to enlist anyone's help in getting "slapped" so to speak. from my limited experience, in those moments when i pay attention to my life, whatever is happening around me can be a "slap". i know, what i just said sounds like heathen mumbo jumbo, but it's the best i can do at the moment. - elk (not a teacher) Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------ Rev. Fudo Michael Koppang -------------------- This message was sent from a PCS Phone from Sprint. Get a free PCS Mail account! Sign up via the Web Browser on your Sprint Phone or at http://www.sprintpcs.com. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/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/
