Donna, Yes, welcome, and please don't be put off by the often combative tone of posts here. It's all done in good will and the desire to improve our realization, at least on my part...
Best, Edgar co-moderator On Nov 18, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Bill! wrote: > Donna, > > This is the crux of zen practice, to dissolve your 'ego' which we usually > refer to as 'self' - the illusory concept that YOU are have an individual > self which is separate and apart from other things. > > Welcome to the Zen Forum. > > ...Bill! > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "donna99004" <donna99004@...> wrote: > > > > Gee guys, sometimes I let my ego get in the way of my Buddha nature. > > > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > > > Edgar, > > > > > > If by 'Socratic gadfly' you mean 'one who annoys by only answering > > > selectively', then yes, that would be you. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> > > > To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2012, 12:29 > > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: blame game > > > > > > > > > Â > > > Joe, > > > > > > You a Socratic gadfly? Come on Joe, that's the role I play here. You on > > > the other hand represent conformity and acceptance of the Zen orthodoxy... > > > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > > > Â > > > >Merle, > > > > > > > >Well, I used to be a Carpenter. > > > > > > > >Just a list of my thoughts while considering Bill!'s reply to you. Not > > > >really well thought-through, but a list of what came up during brief > > > >pondering. > > > > > > > >And maybe I posed some Socratic questions (another previous profession). > > > >;-) > > > > > > > >--Joe > > > > > > > >> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> you have hit it on the nail joe.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
