Thank you for the clarification Bill. To me you speak amongst amongst minority the clearest zen heard. You manage extremely well to put into words things most of time don't know how to explain. Other times just by reading some of your posting it awakes something in me. This, of course is only IMO. Mayka --- On Fri, 16/9/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Fwd: Re: [Zen Living] Supreme Vehicle To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 16 September, 2011, 9:07 Mayka, 'IMO' means 'in my opinion'. It is used a lot in all kinds of text-based e-communications. I've been using it more lately because I was accused of sounding 'dictatorial' or too 'authoritative'. I want to make sure everyone knows my posts are indeed my opinion, and I am not claiming to speak for zen, or Zen Buddhism, or Buddhism, or anyone else besides myself. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote: > > Bill and All > What does IMO means?. It keeps coming out in members of the list writings > and don't know its meaning?. > Thank you > Mayka > > --- On Thu, 15/9/11, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > From: Bill! <BillSmart@...> > Subject: [Zen] Fwd: Re: [Zen Living] Supreme Vehicle > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 15 September, 2011, 7:47 > > >  > > > > ED, > > IMO... > > My point is if you are purposely or consciously performing a 'kind' act, then > you have missed the mark. > > Like all such labels or categorizations, the qualifier of 'kind' or 'good' or > 'bad' or 'compassionate', etc..., is placed on actions by your discriminating > mind, or someone else's discriminating mind. > > If before you take the action you classify it as 'kindly' you miss the mark > by a large margin. (In this case you are projecting an action, judging or > classifying it and perhaps only acting if it passes judgement or is > classified as 'good'. > > If while you are engaged in the action you classify it as 'kindly' you miss > the mark. (In this case you may have acted spontaneously and without motive, > but your discriminating mind has kicked in and is starting to judge and > classify.) > > If after the action has been completed you classify it as 'kindly' you miss > the mark only slightly. (In this case you may have not missed the mark before > or while acting, but you have missed the mark by applying judgement or > categorizing your action after-the-fact.) > > As in the zen teaching story I related, only if you do not consider anything > you do 'kindly' or 'special' do you squarely hit the mark. > > Others may observe your actions and call them 'kindly' or 'selfish', but > that's up to them to make that judgement. It should not a concern of yours at > all. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > Non-judgmentally, every person is 'just THIS' in the evolution of > > his/her 'kindness'. > > > > --ED > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > 'Doing Kindness' > > > > > > If you're doing kindness to make yourself fell good, then you have > > missed the mark. > > > > > > If you're doing kindness to make others feel good, then you have > > missed the mark. > > > > > > If you're doing kindness, you are closer but still have missed the > > mark. > > > > > > If you're just doing, then you're close to the mark. > > > > > > If life just unfolds around you, then you're very close to the mark. > > > > > > If Just THIS!, Bullseye! > > > > > > ...Bill! > > >
