ED, I would like to quit intellectuals and join the affectives. Bill advises that my heart should not be too weak, or I will be 'jai dum'. Anthony
--- On Fri, 22/4/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Heart To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 22 April, 2011, 10:38 AM Anthony, >From one perspective, there are three personality types: Vital, Affective >and Intellectual. Most here and in general are intellectual; Mayka and JM may >be affectives. Each type has a strong, a weak and a middling centre. For example, affectives who are strong in feeling, (heart), tend to be weakest at doing, (navel), while adequate at thinking, (third eye). This is set forth in the following table: Type/Centre Strong Middling Weak Vital navel heart third eye Affective heart third eye navel Intellectual third eye navel heart Source: http://shivayoga.org/html/vitalpeculiarsolid.html --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > JM, Are you analyzing and intellectualizing? Don't worry. I am not criticizing you. Gotama himself did a lot of that. How can I criticize the Buddha? In this human world, we cannot avoid it. The reason I keep asking you about 'heart' is that I am trying to figure out what your 'Heart Chan' is all about. You say, 'Throughout this journey, there is no need for the mind to appear. ' What do you mean by 'mind'? The fact that there is no Chinese word for 'mind' gives rise to misunderstanding. Since 2 thousand years ago, 'xin' has been used to translate both heart and mind. But in English they are differeent things. Lets look into your favorite book Diamond Sutra: "We should develop a mind that does not abide in anything" The words caused Huineng to have his first insight. Now if I say, "we should not develop a heart that does not abide in anything." Bill's stick is waiting for me, because he thinks I am going to be cool hearted and cruel. Anthony
