--- Alex Bunard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are we now to expect a "shitstorm" from the
> righteous
> crowd?
I always expect a shitstorm from the righteous crowd,
it is my Karma for my irreverant nature. I might not
be generating Karma, but that does not mean I don't
have a great bit to work off.
The nice thing about Buddhism is that it does not
demand we never shit on the carpet, just that we clean
it up after we do. This is Karma 101..shit on the
carpet and someone is going to have to clean it
up....if you don't clean it up....wherever you go
there will be shit on the carpet. Better of course to
keep the carpet shitting to a minimum..but at the
least you are going to have to do is clean up your own
mess. After one gains some control of their
bowels..then one can start to add some flowers and
maybe a nice piece of art.....no one notices the art
however, if there is shit on the carpet. This is why I
recommend that even if you are enlightened, if there
is shit on the carpet that first you stop shitting on
the carpet, then you clean it up, then you add the
pretty sounding words, and the nice statues. Otherwise
the best you are going to do is "Did you notice that
nice statue on the carpet next to that shit? I can't
believe anyone would put that there." .....usually the
ones who comment the loudest are the ones pretending
there is no shit on their carpet. This is one of the
first stages of training...there is nothing but shit,
there is no shit, oh shit..I am going to have to clean
that up. Those stuck in the "there is no shit"
stage...well..... they can be a bit obnoxious. They
have learned a little, but they still have a long ways
to go.
It is a much better impression when the guests leave
to have them saying "Did you see that guy clean up the
carpet? I never knew baby wipes could get a stain out
like that".....maybe we should try a little more of
that and a few less self righteous proclimations and a
few less art works. I have found no one reads a poem
when the paper is soiled.
Be Well
Fudo
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