Happy mental gymnastic!
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Altarlight comments below post copy... > > A Zen Master was chopping wood. A man had come to enquire. He had > heard the name of the Zen Master. It had been a long journey to come > to the mountains where the Master lived with his disciples. He asked > this woodcutter -- because he could not think that the Master would > be chopping wood -- he asked this woodcutter, "I have heard about a > great Zen Master who is enlightened. Where is he?" And the Master > said, "Look at me! I am that!" The seeker thought this man to be > mad. Still, to be polite with him -- and it is better to be polite > with a madman.... And he had a great axe in his hand, and who knows? > And he looked so ferocious.... > And he said, "I am that! What do you want?" > He said, "So you are that great Master. What did you do before your > enlightenment?" > He said, "I used to chop wood and carry water from the well." > "And now what do you do?" > He said, "I chop wood and carry water from the well." > And the man said, "Then what is the difference? Then what is the > point of your enlightenment if you still chop wood and carry the > water from the well?" And the Master laughed... > He laughed and said, "You fool! Before enlightenment I used to chop > wood, I used to carry water. Now water is carried, wood is chopped. > I am not the doer; that is the difference." > > ~Source: http://365-herenow.blogspot.com/ > > altarlight: An old story, but it could stand a tiny tweaky shuffle shift. LOL > > (Mr. Know-it-all Anti-religion Anti-masters speaks...) > > 1)There is no wood or water, not any "real" activity of chopping or carrying. > > 2)There are no masters, Zen or otherwise; however, people who are adept may > be regarded that way if one insists. > > 3)There is nothing to be enlightened to or from (and yet, of course, I am > enlightened!). > > 4)One never is the doer, for nothing is done...and there is no separation in > which "difference" could ever reside. > > 5)To awaken is an illusion, just like seemingly sleeping and dreaming in many > complex levels and dimensions is illusion. Denial, which is always some > form(s) of refusal to look wholly at the reality of self, the reality of love, > peace and joy, is that which insists that the report of these is not entirely > true...for whatever imagined reason. Denial fosters illusion, and in the > subsequent illusion of time and its corrollaries, also fosters cyclic progressive > self-deception, structured beliefs, increased stubbornness and attitudinal > incompatibility toward truth, and the seemingly ever-present stream of idol images or > false witnesses to support that denial. Thus we see that awakening is simply > coming full cycle to that point where denial by design must deny itself, and > with the denial vanishing away, we find our wakefulness and invulnerability and > unchangeableness still where we left it when we attempted to clamp our eyes > shut to deny. The inner light can answer any of this world's queries and resolve any of its problems. Beyond all of these concerns, the inner light will show you who you are and your relationship to all...and bring you an understanding of love and peace that transcends ordinary human thought processes. Discover what it truly means to "love one another" and to "see peace." Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simplisticmeditation/ <*> 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/
