>Later on that day I was eating a >tangerine. I noticed how incredibly lovely a thing it was. So delicate. So >amazingly orange. So very tasty. So I told Nishijima about that. That >experience, he said, was enlightenment.
It wasn't enlightenment because the orange was lovely, amazing, and tasty. It was enlightenment because he just ate it. >If you really take a look at your ordinary boring life, you'll discover >something truly wonderful. Our regular old pointless lives are incredibly >joyful -- amazingly, astoundingly, relentlessly, mercilessly joyful. I still think this guy is hung up on finding something nice in every moment. This Zen, so it seems to me, is mindfulness for the sake of finding joy, thrill, fun, and wonder. No wonder so many people read his columns. Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi 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/
