KG, You are the one who is clinging to it. I've already moved on...
Edgar On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Kristopher Grey wrote: > > "Without question, This is so." - KG (AKA Mr. Obvious) > > How did you read those four words the first time I posted them? Same now? > It's not really a response to your comment, wasn't a response before. it's a > stand alone expression. It offers nothing, as with questions this is still > so, just not realized so. > > To say "The answer lies in the disappearance of the question,,," seems to > still be clinging to this as it's own answer - which seems redundant - or > perhaps may appear to suggest something to do or be found where nothing lacks > (which can be read two ways) - as such is the nature of expressing this. > > KG > > > On 9/14/2012 7:27 AM, Edgar Owen wrote: >> >> KG and Mike, >> >> >> The answer lies in the disappearance of the question... >> >> Edgar >> >> >> >> On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:35 AM, Kristopher Grey wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/13/2012 4:41 PM, mike brown wrote: >>>> >>>> So life is an unresolved question with "don't know" arising before the >>>> question is asked... >>> >>> What if it is, or isn't? No matter the answer, you still will/won't know >>> shit. You'll only have knowledge of some shitty answer claiming to say what >>> life is. How is this question relevant? What seeks this shit? What will you >>> do with such knowledge? Will it be life-changing? That takes care of >>> itself. *L* >>> >>> Do you really want/need a story to tell you that this is this? Maybe you'd >>> prefer one that says it's not this? That's what most want, and why they >>> 'seek'. They read the stories and imagine themselves lacking this and >>> practicing to get that. That's the seekers way/hard road/uphill path that >>> eventually (or not) leads to utter futility that forces seeing this is this >>> and has been all along. Given this is never not this, feelings of making >>> progress toward this are more often than not setbacks. >>> >>> "Don't know' is not a position, choice, or state. Its simply realizing the >>> nature of ordinary mind. Not ignorance of, or detachment from anything. >>> Honestly recognizing we don't know, and can't know - and that's not a >>> problem as it's not about knowing. Never was. "Don't know" mind doesn't >>> arise before or before or after anything. Non-arising. Unborn/undying. >>> 'Don't know' mind is 'Original'/'Buddha mind', appearing as 'suchnness'. >>> >>> Suchness is not an answer. No question can reveal this. This never lacks. >>> To ask, is to request a resolution to a non-problem requiring no solution. >>> The point of asking is ultimately to reveal the nature of the asking, not >>> to get any other answer. >>> >>> KG >>> >>>> >>>> From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 18:36 >>>> Subject: Re: [Zen] the real world and zen power >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/13/2012 10:26 AM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: >>>> > I do not think it ends up as a question. Just an attempt to share the >>>> > humor of being who we are. >>>> >>>> Without question, This is so. ;) >>>> >>>> KG >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > >
