Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "You don't really need to try to empty your mind. It is originally empty. You just have to stop filling it up." The "expression" you articulated there made me smile so big!!!! Thank you Bill Gassho Theresa
Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In [email protected], Theresa Lovegrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >...snip...so maybe that's the problem in our discussions..sometimes I have wanted to respond but I realize I am only furthering my mind in it's chatter so I just take in what was said at that moment and choose quietness with no response then to respond with something that is > only an illusion assisting me to stay further away from the emptiness. Theresa, I think you have expressed yourself and your thoughts very well. I have enjoyed reading your postings and they have helped me in my practice. It is hard, impossible really, to put these types of things into words (especially written text) because our language is very much built on dualism. The closest we can come with language to express some of these things is poetry. That's why both Western and Eastern mystics and certainly Buddhists have employed poetry throughout the ages. Even then we fall short, but falling short should not keep us from trying to share our experiences with others. If you are communicating with someone who is sympathetic with your thoughts and experiences these gaps can be, in part, filled in. This forum was created to attract such people, and for the most part I believe the participants are all on the same basic page, or at least in the same chapter. You don't really need to try to empty your mind. It is originally empty. You just have to stop filling it up. I hope you will succeed in that, and I hope you will continue posting. GasshoÂ…Bill! Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi SPONSORED LINKS Zen buddhism Zen practice Theravada buddhism Tibetan buddhism Zen alarm clock Zen garden --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "ZenForum" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/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/
