It Is Only Ego To Think Your shit is Upper Case Shit
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you talking about lower-case shit, or Shit with
a
> capital 'S'?
>
> --- kyukyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- 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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