*chuckle* I Guess If I Had Been Shot By A Poisoned Arrow I Would Not Spend Much Time Perusing The Phone Book Looking For A World Class Surgeon. I Think I Might Just Dail 911 And Take The Help Of The Paramedic Who Was The First To Get There. Necessity Is A Mother..... In Any Community There Are Those Who Have Had To Learn The Art Of Dealing With Poison Arrows.... Perhaps It Might Be Better To Accept The Availible Yet Not Perfect Help Than To Refuse That Help Because The Uniform Had The Wrong Color Or Cut. I Ended Up In The Black Robes Of Zen Only Because That Was The Style Of The One Who Cut The Arrow From My Chest. It Does Seem A Bit Foolish To Lie There Bleeding To Death Because The One Who Can Help You Here And Now Wears A Different Uniform Than The One That Appeals Most To You. It Is Much Better To Live For Whatever Actually Works For You Where You Are Than To Die For An Idea Of Zen That Leaves You Lying In A Pool Of Your Own Blood. A Map Only Helps If You Actually Set Out On A Trip. Be Well, Fudo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but you have met a real 'doctor' as you've said... When one is either > not visited by dragons, or too blind to see the dragon's tail they stand o > n -- ordering a book pointing to dragon-land is perhaps consulting a map (k > nowing it may be a fake), in favor of wandering aimlessly. (Not to say tha > t that wandering aimlessly is not also whole-heartedly tried intermittently > ). > > My criticism, Fudo, is that you seem to me as though you think one automati > cally recognizes a teacher, and this is not my experience. What if one is > so poisoned that even doctors look like fakes? When I ask anyone who is th > e wisest person they know, the trail leads in circles or to charlatans (or > most frightenlingly back to me -- but I repeat myself :)... Let alone recog > nize a teacher -- I can't even recognize a teaching as more than a drugged > morsel of poetry -- a small realization dressed in silk to woo my senses. > What I realize today, will be seen as foolish illusion in five years (i've > proven that 6 times over). At the seventh out of weariness, I seek at leas > t a shorter circle in this repetitive game. > > You say 'find a teacher' and I say 'I don't know what I want to be taught a > nd so far no one's given any good suggestions as to a subject of study'. I > f the question of "what do do" is always answered with a "how to do it" -- > and the reflexively follow-up question of "why do it" is then labeled as po > intless resistance/stalling, then humanity's condition is worse that I fear > ed -- meaning any progress, past or future, is an elaborate fantasy, with o > nly the most bold being left to lead. This would make Guantama the core of > Zen's particular multi-level-marketing hydra. > > I can't recommend it, but after such thoughts, often one instead then turns > to studying medicine (even via amazon) both to help oneself and help other > s who come after... > > (feeling particularly pissy, tonight -- probably unrelated to not sitting a > ll weekend... ;) > > Rod Scholl > > >
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