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what
happens if
you
think
dogen
is
fallible
and
makes
mistakes
in
what
he
says ?
generally
quite
wrong
from
the
outset?
it's
a
fiction
enlightenment
is
a
complete
fiction
it
takes
a
person
to
be
enlightened
for
a
a start !
moon
gets
wet
and
the
water
is
broken
i
have
never
seen
calm
everything
is
constant
turmoil !
if you treat this as a koan , i am asking why is it so?
why was the guy who said that buddha is the one who shines through calm wrong ?
not that you will , will you?
real
koans
are
passed
over
in
favour
of
voynichese
and
the
opportunity
to
blather
insensibly
to
the
applause
of
zombies !
super -
competence
you
can
take
advantage
of
it
see
what
it's
got
to
teach
you
then
kill
the
bearer
that's
usually
what
happens !
some
of
it
just
looks
gobbledy -
gook
guess
what
it
is
rather
than
argue
and
defend
a
a position
why
not
explore ?
no
all !
the
pupil
black
stream
purling
ink
is
liquid
seeming
dreams !
from
the
pupil
black
stream
purling
ink
is
liquid
dreaming
seems !
don't
be
a
jehovah's
witness
clone
you
know
your
faith
in
the
group
leadership
is
severely
misguided !
it's
just
commercial
actually
imbued
with
schizophrenia !
blogs
with
their
censorious
owners
are
effectively
message
boards !
it's
important
to
be
civil !
it's
important
to
be
civil !
dogen
versus
hakuin
hakuin
was
saner !
dogen
attractive
to
schizophrenics
everywhere
that
autonomous
blur
of
and
rubbish !
deconstruction
is
endless
because
construction
is
endless
or
is
it ?
endless cycles”
the problem with genjokoan is the problem with dogen, an unholy mixture of rubbish and sense !
to
express
poetry
as
prose
and
it
doesn't
work
and
i
don't
think
he
understands
properly
either !
anger
and
calmness
are
both
constructs !
any
monk
today
is
just
going
to
look
ignorant !
it's
like
a
trap
you
can
be
super -
competent
at
something
and
get
trapped
supporting
the
incompetent !
i'm
not
saying
one
is
supercompetent
at
everything
quite
the
opposite !
it's
like
a
trap
you
can
be
super -
competent
at
something
and
get
trapped
supporting
the
incompetent !
i'm
not
saying
one
is
super -
competent
at
everything
quite
the
opposite !
i
am
tired
of
being
super-
competent
to
your
incompetence !
human
existance
is
so
seated
meditation
is
a
monastic
management
technique !
zen
sitting
is
not
the
real
thing !
i
am
sorry
you
do
not
know
the
real
thing !
the music is an orchestration of the well known hit song unchained melody
always
a
bit
of
a
shock
to
come
across
superior
competence !
humans
feel
lonely
because
they
have
the
capacity
for
it !
toxic shock
is
an
unforgettable
experience !
people
don't
like
anything
that
disrupts
their
sense
of
reality !
you
have
attitudes
for
display
that
you
use
without
any
regard
to
wether
they
are
true
or
not !
world
is
sickness
and
death !
with your writing i notice that it has a steely core of acute observation about life, almost philisophical
my own view of this sort of writing is it is never commercial, people just react too negatively to what is true about life !
you can be an author and self published on the net and writing what you want and find useful with a very limited readership which i find quite fulfilling, but income is a separate question and actually not there imo
unless you write for a niche market like “paranormal romance” and even then that's hard slog !
to be successful with e-books you have to sell a lot of books and many titles and that means you have to write full time fiction that is entertaining which screws up your mind imo and you are not cast in that mould anyway !
have
to
be
a
screw
out
of
it's
thread
to
see
life
properly !
absolute
reality
there's
any
number
of
lines
of
reasoning
but
they
don't
matter
why?
the
days
achievement
mowing
the
lawn !
an
alpha
male ?
the
female
is
more
alpha !
calm
is
more
something
that
happens
anger
stillness
wind !
some
people
don't
just
know
it
it
wrong
leave
the
door
open
flies
come
in !
don't
kick
him
when
he's
down
unless
he's
a
danger
to
you
in
which
case
make
it
terminal
if
you
can !
the
funny
thing
about
modern
medicine
is
what
looks
relatively
minor
with
modern
medicine
once
used
to
kill
or
cripple
us !
now
we
can
be
back
to
relatively
normal
life
in
a
week !
unfortunately
the
truth
of
zen
is
issues
anti
depressants
obesity
cancer
fibromayalgia
diabetes
sleep
problems
insanity !
i
don't
think
zen
was
much
as
it
was
killed
by
eckhart
tolle
and
oprah !
from
the
outset !
when
it
was
born
this
fish
was
already
entirely
through
the
net !
it
just
had
to
see
it !
we've
got
our
blood
exposed
to
air
all
the
time
through
aveoli
in
the
lungs !
maybe we are dependent on seasonal dairy hormones in cream and milk to some extent !
reminder
life
and
people
are
like !
zen
is
overwhelmed
by
nuts !
i
am
a
s
strange
as
the
rest
of
you
strange
as
the
rest
of
you
i
am
an
expert
in
losing
money
one
gets
over
it
makes
resolutions
not
to
let
it
happen
again
and
it
happens
again
in
a
different
way
or
the
same !
if
you
are
going
to
wants
to
be
flopped
in
a
chair
or
lying
down !
buddha ”
you
can
have
buddha
but
no
intention
bastard !
or
no
buddha
and
no
intention
with
a
humanist
fudge
factor
which
is
atheism
buddha ”
you
can
have
buddha
but
no
intention
bastard !
you
are
rushing
faster
than
reality
permits !
why
is
health
such
a
fundamental
thing
in
life ?
it
affects
wether
w
e
look
negatively
or
positively !
it's
the
thing
the
weirdest
thing
to
die !
a
of
prison !
i
ever
did
anything
i
would
have
to
wonder
what ?
i
ever
did
anything
i
would
have
to
wonder
what !
itself !
good
and
bad !
and
ignorant
human
condition !
am
always
relieved
to
be
away
from
people !
God
i'm
not
going
through
life
again
too
embarrassing !
life
is
just
one
big
open -
ended
mess !
the
philosophical
expression
of
solipsism
is
always
going
to
be
problematicsince
it
is
necessarily
recursive
and
partially
incoherent !
in
poetry
of
course
it
is
perfectly
coherent !
the
philoshopical
expression
of
solipsism
is
always
going
to
be
problematic
since
it
is
necessarily
recursive
and
partially
incoherent !
in
poetry
of
course
it
is
perfectly
coherent !
since
zen
is
it's
always
going
to
be
wrong !
as
you
get
older
you
develop
this
infinite
sleep
deficit !
just
sit
in
a
chair
and
reflect
a
bit !
just
sit
in
a
chair
and
reflect
a
bit !
there's
something
inherent
about
epilepsy
if
it's
enhance
memory
and
communication
between
cells
in
the
brain
some
tapping
into
the
power
of
chaotic
flow !
people
who
are
unpleasant
to
you
and
telling
you
what
you
don't
want
to
hear
are
not
necessarily
a
disadvantage !
see
basho
is
the
expression
of
solipsism
zen
is
solipsism !
do
i
have
to
be
caught
between ?
see
basho
is
the
expression
of
solipsism
zen
is
solipsism !
do
i
have
to
be
caught
in
between ?
zen
is
in
fact
from
a
philisophical
point
of
view
“there can be no such thing as a literal translation” ”
yeah because a lot of them (ed. source documents) are literally bullshit and if you write what they mean it doesn't sound good
“there can be no such thing as a literal translation” ”
yeah because a lot of them are literally bullshit and if you write what they mean it doesn't sound good
“ all models of reality are only models of reality.
they are not reality.
this includes zen buddhism.”
the problem is that reality is a model of reality
i was just reading through tanahahsi's translation of dogen's three hundred koan shobogenzo which is reasonable if you skip john loori's mostly nonsensical commentary and was struck by how very strongly solipsistic the koans were
buddha will radiate through the calmness.”
mean
the
buddha
of
babi
yar
buddhism
is
seriously
messed
in
the
head !
just
a
s
crazy
a
s
the
taliban
in
a
way !
buddhism
is
seriously
messed
in
the
head !
just
a
s
crazy
a
s
the
taliban
in
a
way !
you may never visit there, but this is not a bad second !
think
benevolence
is
forgiving
others
of
any
injuries
done
to
us !
however if you view the sanskrit as “loving kindness” and the usual load of incongrous hypocritical crap then of course rebirth is tautological and it would not be spurious
maybe there's extra senses in this verse that are not available to us which would be typical of ashvaghosha imo
well well mike you have banned me posting ! you got hurt by my previous comment about you missing the obvious which you have done yet again !
it's
not
it's
as
obscure
a
s
any
mud
pie
and
that's
the
truth !
it's
not
it's
as
obscure
a
s
any
mud
pie
that's
the
truth !
so
genpo merzel is way ahead of the pack !
everyone wakes up in the morning, you need to wake up at night !
there
no
money
in
this
is
no
point
to
any
of
this
except
your
own
experience !
we
don't
see
what
we
have
but
run
after
what
is
not
within
our
grasp !
sometimes
we
get
what
is
not
within
our
grasp
but
we
never
do !
the
soviet
union
a
the
stitch
being
open !
there's
a
slow
motion
perception
of
the
that
changes
you
forever
what
the
truth?
essential
meaninglessness
of
existance !
i can only suggest you read some of john donne's poetry and most importantly his life !
then you might get a glimmer of what i am on about !
your basic issue is you are trying to inscribe gravity on an insufficient support !
zen
students
get
some
tiny
bit
of
insight
and
think
it's
the
end
well
you
ain't
even
started !
some
carry
on
this
ignorance
to
become
teachers !
zen
students
get
some
tiny
bit
of
insight
and
think
it's
the
end
well
you
ain't
even
started !
can
you
write
so
much
you
are
brought
to
despair?
the
answer
is
YES !
can
you
write
so
much
you
are
brought
to
despair?
YES !
you
see
the
stitch
in
slow
motion
that's
when
you
believe
in
the
possibility
of
the
stitch
being
open !
you
believe
the
possibility
of
the
stitch
being
open !
the
last
thing
i
want
to
do
is
look
after
some-one
with
alzheimer's !
in
the
end
it's
bitter
people
have
no
taste
for
truth
except
to
plagarize
appropriate
and
give
abuse !
in
the
end
it's
bitter
people
have
no
taste
for
truth
except
to
plagarize
appropriate
and
ABUSE !
the
socialization
of
humans
keeps
us
manic
and
from
staring
the
big
nullity
in
the
face !
some
women
stately
but
stupid !
you
good
at
without
trying ? ”
wants
to
know ! ”
you
good
at
without
trying ? ”
one
wants
to
know ! ”
talking
with
your
parents
is
like
walking
across
a
minefield
it
can
be
negotiated
tho
the 1612 pendle witch trial, quite an interesting story.
what they don’t say is torture or the threat of was used at least on the adults
family traits, usual shuffled deck syndrome !
it's
funny
as
you
get
older
you
notice
your
mother
more
as
a
person !
it's
sorta
like
a
card
pack
relative
traits
some
cards
and
not
others !
amazing !
genetics
for
real !
but
the
final
result
different
to
all !!!!!
zen's
great
weakness
is
dogen
no
use
having
a
nut
as
a
founder
do
these
homilies
say
i
am
right
and
you
are
wrong !
will
it
be
the
usual
aggressive
i'm
right
and
you
are
wrong !
it's
the
usual
aggressive
i'm
right
and
you
are
wrong !
“ great questioning; great enlightenment.
little questioning; little enlightenment. ”
talking about something and not doing it or pretending to do it, just the usual ongoing stupidity
ie all the zen wannabies including the teachers and dogen !
basically reason is recursive because recursion itself is reason !
or is it?
bascially reason is recursive because recursion is reason !
this
comes
from
buddha
and
i
have
personally
visited
the
sixth
patriarch !
is
a
trap
to
make
sense
out
of
garbage !
everybody
thinks
they
are
better
than
everybody
else
the
world
wouldn't
last
long
otherwise
tho
it
might
be
more
liveable
most
religious
translations
are
voynich
translators
can't
help
it
the
truth
offends
them !
most
religious
translations
are
voynich
the
translators
can't
help
it
truth
offends
them !
you
have
a
need
for
buddha
to
exist
the
only
existance
buddha
has
is
your
need
for
it !
it's
nature
of
the
millions
to
die
in
delusion !
the
trouble
with
sitting
and
too
much
solitude
is
you
just
go
over
the
same
stuff
again
and
again
entrenching
it
deeper
when
it
is
irrelevant !
a
hill
i
don't
know
the
name
of
sinks
into
the
moonlight
suffused
mist
a
hill
i
don't
know
the
name
of
sinks
into
the
suffused
moonlight
mist
a
hill
i
don't
know
the
name
of
rising
out
of
the
mist
in
the
moonlight !
i
think
all
this
endless
volunteer
stuff
i
do
comes
from
having
no
children !
trying
to
leave
my
mark
on
the
world
how
futile !
i
would
rather
be
a
wandering
autistic
leaf
again !
like
a
of
water !
evolution
is
quite
a
process
since
it's
pretty
well
discovery
by
chance !
you
are
going
in
a
straight
line
not
necessarily
the
right
one !
mike
i
think
the
sitting (ed. zen seated meditation)
has
been
very
damaging
to
you
i
think
you
are
a
person
who
does
better
on
diversity !
just
the
visual
intensity
you
are
missing
cause
it's
sorta
totally
speaking !
is
what
i
notice
about
you
have
these
savant
streaks
which
are
preternatural
but
walk
over
the
obvious !
the
missing
dimension
is
basho
it's
that
simple
why
have
you
closed
it
off
to
yourself ?
did you
look
at
that
video?
you
just
have
to
stretch
yourself
in
the
right
direction
which
is
not
sitting !
“i don't avoid people, but if i meet them they are impervious !”
“i avoid people, but if i meet them they are not entirely impervious !”
it's funny, i didn't agree with this koan when i first read it, but felt there was something so came back to it several times and feel that there was something to it originally which is not always the case with koans and what i have written above better approximates the true sense !
i think it's important to understand that translation is only ever approximate, taken me along time to see this and rather sad in a way cause you know you only ever get half of say basho to read !
a
good
basho
the
only
way
you
can
punish
some
people
or
situations
is
to
withdraw
your
attention
or
at
least
give
the
first
of
it !
we are all sharks but the usual autistic spectrum misdirection makes for farces like biting off our own flippers