Kinda loses it's currency then. Mike
________________________________ From: Kristopher Grey <k...@kgrey.com> To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 21:49 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" So it appears. Seen, said, heard. Same. Suchness. KG On 9/2/2012 1:26 PM, mike brown wrote: >Kris, > > >>"Don't know" (Which only appears to be a pithy zen saying when seen so) > > >Or said so. > > >Mike > > > > >________________________________ > From: Kristopher Grey <k...@kgrey.com> >To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 16:14 >Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" > > > >With or without. Why decide? > >"Don't know" (Which only appears to be a pithy zen saying when seen so) > >KG > >On 9/2/2012 7:46 AM, mike brown wrote: > > >>Edgar, >> >>Of course Realisation is not something that happens only inside monastry walls, but it also doesn't come from understanding words like "ontological" and "cognitive simulation model" either. >> >>Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Edgar Owen <edgaro...@att.net> >>To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 12:31 >>Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" >> >> >> >>Mike, >> >> >>There are certainly times it is, but that can happen at any time.... >>Realization is not just something that occurs inside monastery walls... It >>has nothing to do with that... It's just opening to reality and reality is >>everywhere... >> >> >>Edgar >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 2, 2012, at 5:57 AM, mike brown wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>>Edgar, >>> >>> >>>Wouldn't you say tho, that reality is less obscured during, or just after, a >>>long retreat of meditation? >>> >>> >>>Mike >>> >>> >>> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Edgar Owen <edgaro...@att.net> >>>To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >>>Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012, 1:13 >>>Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" >>> >>> >>> >>>Mike, >>> >>> >>>Well, it's reality either way, but that reality is always changing as >>>happening continually flows through the present moment. But however it >>>changes it is still reality.... >>> >>> >>>Edgar >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Sep 1, 2012, at 6:09 PM, mike brown wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Edgar, >>>> >>>> >>>>Would you say that the world (inner/outer) you look at now is the same as >>>>when you're at the end of a sesshin? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>________________________________ >>>> From: Edgar Owen <edgaro...@att.net> >>>>To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >>>>Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2012, 18:44 >>>>Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: " dancing with the daffodils" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>ED, >>>> >>>> >>>>Stop practicing and just BE your Buddha Nature! >>>> >>>> >>>>Edgar >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Sep 1, 2012, at 12:22 PM, ED wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Edgar, >>>>> >>>>>Therefore, although each of us is complete, we need to practice >>>>>diligently at all times with no objective in mind? >>>>> >>>>>--ED >>>>> >>>>>--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Joe and Merle, >>>>>> >>>>>> There is no 'goal' of enlightenment to be achieved without which you >>>>>imagine you are incomplete.... >>>>>> >>>>>> There is no incompleteness. This understanding is an essential aspect >>>>>of realization... >>>>>> >>>>>> Wham! >>>>>> >>>>>> Edgar >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >