Joe, If you take it as a put down you will be put down.
If you take it as a lift up you will be lifted up... Edgar On Feb 21, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > You've used that same put-down attempt before, here. > > And the same set of denials, for the same purpose. > > We can all learn from this spectacle. > > That's another thing about (your) ego: it can't be original. It can only > repeat itself. For its purposes. > > It cannot even conduce toward the enlightenment of bushes and grasses. > > I don't say YOU, I say "it". > > Shake free! > > We care about the real Edgar, not you. Yet, it's not looking good. > > I may be wrong, All, that there may be hope. We're Realists, gang, not > optimists. > > See, you can lead a Horse to water, ...but not a donkey. > > She must walk to the dojo herself. > > --Joe > > PS You may have a bow; what color would you like? But you must wear it in > your hair, not on your lapel. > > > Edgar Owen wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > LOL! You should give me a bow for bringing out all your attachments you > > need to work through.... > > > > As long as you are so obsessively defensive about your attachments you can > > never release them... > > > > Seeing the master in all beings and the lesson he teaches is true Zen... > > Bridling defensively in the face of reality's lessons is the antithesis of > > Zen... That just reinforces the attachments and makes them harder to > > release... > > > > Like tough love my approach could be called 'Tough Zen'! Showing people > > their attachments by challenging them! > > > > Drop those attachments. You won't be lessened by the loss, you'll be > > further on the path you claim to follow... > > > > Loss of ego does not diminish one, it expands one... > > > > > > A bow to the unrealized Buddha within struggling to get out, but being > > strangled by the attachments of ego... > > Edgar > >
