Joe, I appreciate your criticism and think it is well-noted, but 'skillful means' is an art, not a science. What is helpful for some might not work for others, and what seems appropriate for some might seem awkward for others.
I'm dancing as fast as I can. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > I don't disagree, and I won't. > > I'll just note that, sometimes, the ATTACHMENT to the diagnosis of > "Attachment" is itself a sickness. And seldom if ever helpful to one who > suffers, alas. > > And this is made worse by any prescriptions made by the dispensing physician > to the patient. Usually no prescription is made, however, there's just the > slap in the face of "attachment". Like that's helpful!? > > Funny, and sad, sad. Sad. > > Sometimes hearing "Attachment" is enough to shut down the healing process. > > Yet, I have no suggestion regarding what ELSE to REACH for; but surely, there > must be something else, and better. Let me work on it. > > Skilful-means does not mean being Right, and being merely accurate according > to theory; it means being Skilful. > > Did I mention, "skilful"? > > A featherweight of skilful-means is worth a ton of accurate and discursive > correctness; phooey. Correctness comes back to bite a person, and helps the > questioner not at all. So? > > Sometimes, if a guy can be nothing else, we have to at least let him be > *correct*. That may be a skilful means, but I lament the paucity of it. > > Now, I know, it's only *I* who mentioned skilful means, and being of some > help. Typical Bodhisattva behavior on my part: I freely admit my guilt. > > It's incumbent on you, Doctor, to tell beings how to loosen attachment to the > emotion of fear. Asserting just the error of "attachment" to it, Doc, is not > worthy of a practitioner-friend, nor of a diagnostician with a heart. > > But fond hopes often go the way of all flesh. > > --Joe / (already bitten in the tuchus) > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > I agree with James. > > > > As with all emotions like fear, anger, love, hate it is not the emotion > > that is the real problem, it is the ATTACHMENT to the emotion. > > > > ...Bill! > ------------------------------------ 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/
