HYS, Well, I say it's wonderful, too.
I contrast it with all the "busy-ness", and the sense of a "self", or person, that there is when we are viewing from under all the blankets of Illusion. When there's not much going on -- or nothing at all -- that's what many people would call "boring", if they have something to compare it to (say, to a memory of feeling they're having a lot going on). When we go to a Buddhist movie (!) -- no picture, no sound, ...we just SIT -- which people call Zazen..., many people cannot sit still for this, and call it boring. ;-) They may drift away after one visit. But, that's an example of boredom of neophytes with a PRACTICE, who have expectations of bells and whistles and fireworks. I'm talking instead about boredom with a lack of busy-ness in the awakened state, despite the wonderful intimacy there is, then. I'm not making a complaint, just making a statement about the blandness of experience, and contrasting it to the sharpness of pain and pleasure in the state deluded by illusions and nothing but illusions. But I recall Aitken Roshi used to say: "*BLAND* is a taste, TOO". I say, it certainly is! --Joe --- In [email protected], yonyonson@... wrote: > > hey Joe, > > you mentioned THIS as boring before, when awakened. what do you mean? ------------------------------------ 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/
