From: "Rod Scholl" > To take a stoic approach that truth is in the eye of the beholder divides the world into parts that cannot communicate.>>
So if someone you don't know and never met recites a laundry list of incorrect assumptions about your personal habits and then concludes with a negative perspective on your life, you would do what? It seems like advice usually shows more about the person giving the advice than who is receiving it. Fudo gave his advice, I accepted that it came from him. I embraced its negligible value to me. That is what it is. I did not isolate myself from him or his advice. I accepted what he gave me. I read your remarks. I disagree that I am being anti-social when in fact I am responding to a very negative and degrading person in the most inclusive manner that I can think of; considering the time that I am willing to dedicate to Fudo and this list in the grander scheme of things (my real life). Not to be snotty, but who is Fudo? Since you made the effort to meet with him, and you know him personally, he may be more than what I see. I just see words in various e-mails. Because all the other Zen monks that are on the internet rarely participate, Fudo is the best that we can get. I see him as a work in progress. I have been around enough religious & spiritual folks to realize that Fudo is the guy that is a monk is the middle of nowhere because that is where he can function without alienating most people. Maybe someday Fudo will become a real Spiritual Teacher or Sensei, or someone that can help others. Right now he is just a guy who is affiliated with a Zen Temple as a working student. His advice reflects his situation. It may be entertaining to read about monks that caused enlightenment by beating up their students, hitting them with bricks, cutting off their fingers, hands, or arms; but in real life anyone that cannot educate without violence is a poor teacher at best. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/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/
