Pandabananasock: Parts of your post below reminded me of one of my favorite short stories. I read it many, many years ago and can't give you the title or author but the story line is...
There was man named John who wanted to know the secrets of the forest where he lived. He set up 100s of audio recorders, throughout the forest to record the sounds. After recording for a few days he collected them all and began to start consolidating them. He recorded all of them on one track. It was unitelligble and just sounded like a lot of murmurs and hisses. Then he compacted that one track down into just a few seconds. The result was clearly audible sound: 'John'... I thought you'd like that one...Bill! --- In [email protected], "pandabananasock" <pandabananasock@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@> wrote: > > > > That's what I like about Zen, but you still haven't taught anything here. > > However, I'll view some more of your postings. The Zen Buddhist monks I've > > come across face-to-face tend to be quite direct and straightforward, but > > without any grandstanding or making spectacles of themselves. Take care > > that you don't put too much of the attention on your dualistic self. Bow > > with the Buddha, be Buddha > > Â > > in Buddha's grace > > Mel > > > That's what I like about Zen, but you still haven't taught anything here. > > However, I'll view some more of your postings. The Zen Buddhist monks I've > > come across face-to-face tend to be quite direct and straightforward, but > > without any grandstanding or making spectacles of themselves. Take care > > that you don't put too much of the attention on your dualistic self. Bow > > with the Buddha, be Buddha > > Â > > in Buddha's grace > > Mel > > I'm not trying to teach anything. I have nothing to teach, and I don't mean > that in an "enlightened" manner, I REALLY have NOTHING to teach. I will > continue posting my very small, inoffensive posts until kicked out of the > group. I will not fight being kicked out should this circumstances elicit > itself, but until such time, I will continue to post at my own volition, > regardless of the Zenometric caliber of my posts. I am not a Zen Buddhist > monk. I do not plan to be or not to become one. > > I have a brain problem. I can understand what I say to others; others can > not understand what I say to them; I can not understand what others say to > me; others can understand what they say to me. This problem is exponentially > worse in the presence of white noise. > > Help me out with this please: > In the presence of white noise, most notably shower static & rubber tires > against highway & air fans & running water, I hear my own thoughts out loud - > literally as if on a radio somewhere in the room. > > I have practiced meditation to the point that I could almost hear the shape > of the ventilation when then fan turned on in the middle of sitting. I > really could tell the difference between different ventilation shapes > depending on the building in which I was at the time. Many, many, many > doctors have said I am schizophrenic, and deteriorating over time, and that > this is what I was hearing. > > I say "humbug". I have been hearing voices all my life. They never tell me > to do things, only whisper my name or I hear my own thoughts out loud. I > know what I know, and what some others know but express differently. You > want a behind-the-scenes look? Here's a bit as far as I know. There IS a > context to express which is the macro-analogous universal standard. There > ARE objective reference points which CAN be determined by the subjective > cross-reference of the senses & thought combined. Just as there would be no > horizon without the concurrence of the sky and the ground/sea, so would there > be no Zen (and there is no Zen, just as there is no actual horizon to which > one could travel and plant a flag {[(FLAG)]}. > > So maybe my brain is fucked up and that's why I can't do anything superficial > IOR practical IOR experimentally relevant to a satisfactory degree of > performance. The skill I've cultivated to a greater degree than even music > is staying out of the hospital. Going into a mental hospital is just boot > camp. They basically teach you what to say and do to get out. > > So I love you all, and kiss my ass; you're starving: I'm only giving you my > shit to pick corn seeds from. > > By the way, not being ready to die is not a reason to die LATER. The less > ready one is to die, the sooner t'would be better for one to do so. > > Sincerely, > helpy helpy helpy helpywhatthefuck and I know what I say, and I'm always > gonna say it, > pandanaspschizosock > > PS ((did you notice how many times "I" said "I" in this post... and you're > still reading this?! "I" woulda said "fuck that!")) > ------------------------------------ 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.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
