WOW!!!!!! Merle has taken out her keisaku and given Edgar a couple whacks!
What will he do now? Will he wake up? Stay tuned... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â yes edgar..we all know this..and we do not dispute this..we are... correct > me if i am in correct group.. > trying to explain to you that in zen practise meditation one leaves the > reasoning mind to rest.. > one sits and that is all one does... > resting the mind of intellect... > for christ sake are you thick or something else? > stubborn i'd say... and always wanting the last word > Â and always wanting to be right > Â smacks of fascism edgar > Â for the 100th time > Â sit and sit and only sit! > Â and i getting it through? > our must i resort to the zen stick? > Â merle > > > > Â > Merle, > > Merle asked a good question to explain what I mean by reason, logic and > rationality. > > I use these in a very general sense to mean using mind to correct understand > and engage with the actual logical structure of the world of forms. This > covers the everything that people do in their daily lives if they do it > correct in world. It can be as simple as knowing you have to hold a nail > straight and hit it on the head with a hammer to drive, to understanding the > quantum koan. > > If you as a computational being don't compute your understandings and actions > in the world correctly you don't function in the world correctly. To the > extent you do function correctly you are being reasonable, logical and > rational. > > No abstruse hidden meaning. It's simple common sense. It's correctly > understanding and engaging with what I call 'the logic of things'. > > In Merle's case it's knowing how to plant a flower correctly or that she has > to dip a brush in paint before she can put a color on paper. That's using the > rational mind..... > > Everyone does it all the time better or worse. To deny it is denying ZEN! > > Even Buddha has to put his spoon into his bowl to eat. That's using the logic > of things... > > Edgar > ------------------------------------ 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/
