--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > This is a twofer; one for Steve from the wife and te other > for Turq from me. > > The wife says: > > "The super fit American woman, with incredibly long legs, > is waiting in her vehicle, which is running, near the > entrance to a Walmart, waiting for hubby-who she plans > to run over when he loads his Sunday football snacks > into another vehicle".
Not for the first time, I get the feeling that I would really like "the wife." :-) > Turq, > > Would the Zen Koan: "what is the sound of > one hand clapping?" cause cognitive dissonance? > And if so, would the koan change the predilection > the zazen practitioner? It all depends who you're clapping for, doesn't it? If you're clapping for the Backstreet Boys, then IMO nothing that either karma or koans can produce can save you from yourself. If, on the other hand, you are clapping for more meaningful claptrap, anything can happen, one hand or two. > ________________________________ > From: seventhray1 <steve.sundur@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:26:42 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance > > >  > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall <thomas.pall@> wrote: > > You're getting the definition of cognitive dissonance muddled. Cognitive > > dissonance is about holding and changing one's belief as conflicting > > statements and observations come in. > Holding two ideas isn't hard at all. > > American women will drive to the gym or come back from the gym and go to the > > mall and wait half an hour for a close in parking space to open up. > > Physical fitness and parking as close to the entrance as possible. The two > > ideas are not thought of as conflicting. > > > This is worthy of wider distribution. I wonder what "the wife" would have > to say about this. I think on this, and many other matters this "other" > opinion should be considered. We haven't heard from Sal in sometime, or > wayback for that matter. Raunchy checks in only rarely. We really need > more female input, even if its one step removed. And plus we get a new > meditator perspective. >
