Joe, Thanks for your post. I was going to reply to Merle's assertion with much the same observations but decided it wasn't worth my time.
I'm glad you thought it was worth yours. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Hi, Merle, > > Merle wrote: > "you have to be rational to survive joe" > > Maybe that's true. Is an amoeba rational? How about a Gum tree? > > Even though we Humans use and need reason for some parts of life as > it is lived lately, reason is useless and a pernicious hindrance to > awakening. Not everybody knows this. > > In a Zen forum, we do not sing the praises of reason. > > In our practice, we simply let it go. It's a useless activity. > > When you need reason, pick it up again. > > So it goes for me, and other practitioners of my acquaintance, and our > teachers. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > you have to be rational to survive joe...merle > > > > Joe, > > > > I agree with you about all this. > > > > I too was educated in and used rationality intensely in my profession - > > computers/data analysis. It's very useful for making a living. > > > > Modern Western education is primarily about memorization and secondarily > > about rationality. > > > > Zen is about experience. > ------------------------------------ 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/
