[Zen] Should we disturb zazen practice with issues like this?

2010-09-29 Thread ED
September 28, 2010 The Sin of Independence Why Doesn't the US Talk to Iran? By ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH and KARLA HANSEN The unrelenting diplomatic and geopolitical standoff between Iran and the United States is often blamed on the Iranian government for its "confrontational" foreign policies, or

[Zen] I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread DP
I did ten minutes (half hour was too much). Nothing happened. Good. Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yaho

[Zen] Re: I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread ED
The last three statements are like adding legs to a snake. --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "DP" wrote: > > I did ten minutes > (half hour was too much). > Nothing happened. > Good. Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have re

[Zen] Re: I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread DP
And who's to say a snake wouldn't want some nice legs? --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "ED" wrote: > > > > > The last three statements are like adding legs to a snake. > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "DP" wrote: > > > > I did ten minutes > > > (half hour was too much). > > > Not

[Zen] How to walk away from arguments

2010-09-29 Thread DP
i have this frustrating tendency to get into arguments with random people on the internet. I personally try to keep in civil, but I get discouraged by all the insults and obnoxiousness. Many of the arguments are about religion. I encounter a lot of so-called "internet atheists" who seem to desi

Re: [Zen] How to walk away from arguments

2010-09-29 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
Only you know :) Personally, I have found it to be more satisfying to try to avoid getting the last word. On the internet, you win if you don't reply one more time. They are just trying to goad you into more and more extreme positions until you break Godwin's rule. http://xkcd.com/386/ On Wed,

Re: [Zen] Re: I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread Anthony Wu
Snakes had legs millions of years ago. I don't know why they gave them up. --- On Thu, 30/9/10, ED wrote: From: ED Subject: [Zen] Re: I did zazen again for the first time in a long while... To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 30 September, 2010, 12:34 AM   The last three sta

Re: [Zen] How to walk away from arguments

2010-09-29 Thread DP
I feel, though, that there is some spiritual anxiety in me, a lack of esteem in my own beliefs. that I feel like I have to defend myself against obviously hostile people who will never agree with me. Am I just fighting my own ego? Or do they have a point? I feel like I have tio make a "decisio

RE: [Zen] I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread BillSmart
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RE: [Zen] Should we disturb zazen practice with issues like this?

2010-09-29 Thread BillSmart
the U.S.-Zionist policies in the Middle East are so evil that they defy tender logic, civilized comprehension, or decent human intuition. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, author of The <http://www.amazon.com/Political-Economy-U-S-Militarism/dp/0230602282/ref=ed _oe_p/105-1298000-8724441> Political Economy of U.S. Militarism (Palgrave-Macmillan 2007), teaches economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Karla Hansen, director-producer of Silent Screams <http://www.silentscreams.info/home.php> , is a social worker and peace activist from Des Moines, Iowa. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5490 (20100929) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Re: [Zen] I did zazen again for the first time in a long while...

2010-09-29 Thread DP
half hour was too much). > > Nothing happened. Good. > > > > > > __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5490 (20100929) __ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.ese

Re: [Zen] Should we disturb zazen practice with issues like this?

2010-09-29 Thread ED
Bill, I hear you. Since zen has nothing to say about anything, it is hard to know what to say about zen. Can this article below be regarded as relevant in any way to zen? --ED September 27, 2010 Reflections of a Professional Grumbler Gandhi's Wisdom By URI AVNERY SURFING THE television chan