Hi Ian,
I gave it some more thought after your post and have
come to believe it is "dis-attached" that I was
looking for. Certainly different from non-attached,
but very similiar to your excellent quote of ..."the
cow-like mind of indifference".
Alan
--- Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 04:32 PM 12/21/2005 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have to agree with excerpt. Soley from my
> >persective, I have always felt that the highset
> ideal
> >or goal in Zen/Buddhism, or possibly any "religion"
> is
> >to achieve the ability to react to every single
> >moment, second, minute, event, situation(whatever
> it
> >may be), not with a blue-sky mind of dull-eyed
> >non-attachment,
>
> I think what you have in mind by "dull-eyed
> non-attachment" might also be
> called "" (I just
> made that expression
> up.) Actual non-attached awareness is ever so
> awake, clear, and warm.
>
>
> > but instead with compassion, wisdom,
> >unconditional love, passion AND intelligence/common
> >sense.
>
> I agree with this, it's just that the ability to be
> in every moment with
> those qualities, is just the development of
> non-attachment = non-grasping
> awareness.
>
> Ian
>
>
> > From my own initial experience during zazen(s),
> >I could never understand(or misunderstood) why we
> >needed to eradicate all thought and become like the
> >proverbial blank tape. If I wanted to do that, I
> could
> >just go back to drinking all the time.
> >
> >--- Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
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