this is work in progress or homilies or miscellaneous items

that don't warrant a page by themselves

or seem to fit better here



pending poems  index



chronological order is from the bottom to the top of the page



audio files are best listened to  with the eyes closed !



the layout is done with the internet explorer text size setting at  largest  and with a zoom of 125%, and my text rendering is done for these settings though they should be somewhat tolerant of a zoom setting or two up or down


















how can men and women be so different yet recognize each other to be of the same species and breed ?
















how can men and women be so different yet still breed ?
















that's  all  a software program is, a bunch  of  modules  with  signalling/parameter  passing  between  them !


  “ from brains to gene regulatory networks, many biological entities are organized into modules – dense clusters of interconnected parts within a complex network.


evolution produces modules not because they produce more adaptable designs, but because modular designs have fewer and shorter network connections, which are costly to build and maintain.


as it turned out, it was enough to include a  cost of wiring  to make evolution favor modular architectures. ”
















there's a lot of steering in life, we are not passive victims of it's winds and hurricanes


r1                         r2
















there's a lot of steering in life, we are not passive victims of it's winds and hurricanes ! : o)
















it's  interesting  how very small changes to molecules make for utility, uselessness or dangerousness in the body


beer used to be part of the english meal


molecule  “ handedness ”  in one form of thalidomoide  was responsible for the birth defects, while the orientation of molecules in another form did not appear to have the negative effects.
















it's


nothing


to


pisss


your


life


away


for


ten


years


doing


something


that's a


total

waste of time



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humans


the


arrogance


is


endless

:


o


(


v2
















humans


the


arrogance


is


endless


v1
















evan shaw writes


a tube in sea of energy, the five pick up whats near me. decoding streams my mind sees as solid (bricks vibrate) yet matter we call it.


my


reply


tubeless sea of energy?  it's more like the mind is the decoding, it has no existance apart from the process, that is, it's not a separate entity ! :o)

  it also has no existance apart from (no existance apart from the process.....)
















a bit of background like some references to the acutal herodotus writings you read/have in mind would make  this  more accessible


i don't think the heirophant speeches work and how can they, being so wrong minded ! don't end up like jeff foster who has become quite crazy in a not good way ! i think the first heirophant verse works, but the others don't, sorta like a copy of geothe's faust part two that doesn't come off !


i am a fellow hyperlexic,  not much i haven't read or know of and herodotus was new to me !



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good for you for being interested in exploring a different opinion,  (evan asked me to elaborate!)  an attitude so rare as to be unknown in advaita, non duality and  heirophants  generally.  i guess it's that what you say is not true to life in my experience, you are not trusting in your own talents and viewpoints enough, making them subservient to the major craziness and stupidity of what is going around in neo-advaita and the non duality scene today !


my later comments


he is fitting what he sees and thinks into the neo-advaita mold


he has got caught in some wacky dream about life
















what i found  fascinating  is the timing of our births  (1950's)  in relation to what were some major health and attitude changes going on


syphilis was a scourge for 500 years and suddenly it ended


and what might appear promiscuous and casual attitudes to relationships in sex amongst today's young people is probably more the norm for humans historically


my own reading is attitudes were alot freer before syphilis
















now truth   has become a pile of garbage !
















now truth  has become a pile of garbage


v3
















maybe the word   truth   has become meaningless garbage  : o (


v2
















maybe the word   truth  has become  meaningless garbage


v1
















what is joined apart may come together again !
















what is joined apart may come together again


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email to devin  houston


i thought you might be interested in the following  research  or you might have already seen it


which warns against septic shock from pancreatic digestive enzymes breaching the mucosal barrier in the small intestine


i guess this is a potential issue for peptizyde to be a problem in people with such a breached mucosal barrier !


the study says that bacterial toxins can thin and breach this layer !


i noticed that you or cindy removed a comment of mine on your facebook page recommending peptizyde for norovrius, i wondered why, then the next day this research turned up !


i do think that no fenol has the ability to unlock anti bacterial compounds in dark skinned fruit like gooseberries and blueberries provide they are cooked slightly or a bit which also pasturizes all the yeast spores !


hope this finds you well, i am in excellent health, no doubt due to my copious use of your  enzymes,  but also i am finding that reducing my iron levels through blood donation is like a miracle cure and to be recommended for most older people !


my  write  up !



his reply


Hi Andrew!


Yes,  M. R.  in UK pointed it out to me yesterday. She has been having a go-round with someone stating that enzyme supplements should be considered dangerous.


This is what I sent her:


  “ First, the article's main point is that  pancreatic enzymes  which are constantly released into the small intestine, are the culprit. Because they are presented in a concentrated fashion (and pancreatic enzymes are much stronger than plant enzymes) they can pose a problem if severely damaged tissue is present. Second, the article emphasizes that what is surprising is that it is the pancreatic enzymes, not bacteria, that is the culprit; which is why antibiotics weren't helping much. Third, enzyme supplements do the bulk of their work in the stomach. By the time they enter the gut, they have been diluted by the food mass so they are not a concentrated bolus. Also, since most fungal proteases pH optimum is in the range of 2- 5, the higher pH in the gut lessens their ability to do work.


So, the bottom line of the article is not  "Don't take enzymes",  but rather,  "Huh, pancreatic enzymes are the culprit in severely damaged (bleeding, perforated, etc.) gut. Maybe we should try blocking the action of pancreatic enzymes to better control the situation. ”


Of course, we have always stressed that if one has active, bleeding ulcers or serious bowel disease with such that protease enzymes should be avoided. And certainly one who has severe organ failure and bowel perforations would not be taking enzymes or other supplements, I would think!


I am pleased that you are well. I just turned X  (ed. age removed for web security reasons !)  and am also well, though I should exercise more and eat healthier food! Oh, well, I am relying on genetics to keep me going!


Blood donation is good, and I am sure yours is exceptionally beneficial. I am not one for iron-fortified foods, we get plenty in our diet. Iron is also involved in several oxidative reactions that produce free radicals such as superoxide anion, which do tremendous damage to cell membranes via lipid peroxidation


We are dealing with our fourth consecutive mild winter here in Arkansas. Last summer was so hot we barely got a couple of kilos of tomatoes. This after planting 2 dozen heirloom plants! Pollen becomes sterile above 35 C and we had temps much higher than that for most of the summer. I'm hoping it is milder this year, but not counting on it


Took my mother to a family reunion in the wilds of northwest Virginia last August. Met an elderly couple who had a no-till garden that was unbelievable! Huge tomatoes produced on well-pruned, staked vines. Herbs galore. Varieties of squash and corn. I was so envious! My wife and I actually told the couple we would buy their house whenever they wished to sell! Their climate is much milder than ours, I wouldn't mind moving


You are correct about No-Fenol. Many polyphenolic compounds in fruits and veggies are glycosylated during their production in the plant. This is referred to as the glycone form, and simply means that some kind of sugar group has been attached. However, we are not able to absorb the glycone form, so we have enzymes that remove the sugar group producing the aglycone form, which is absorbable. The aglycone form is also usually the bio-active form as well


No-Fenol, and mainly the xylanase enzyme in it, has very interesting properties. I think there are undocumented side enzyme activities in the xylanase blend we use that contribute to many of the benefits we hear about


Good to hear from you, my friend. Always a pleasure to hear from another free thinker!


Devin Houston



my comment :


  digestive enzymes are a fundamental revolution in health and health care

and they are not appreciated for the benefit they confer !
















      descend, prophetic spirit...........

.

.

.


upon me bestow

a gift of genuine insight; that my song

with star-like virtue in it's place may shine,

shedding benignant influence, and secure

itself from all malevolent effect

of those mutations that extend their sway

 throughout the nether sphere !



from william wordsworths  poem   “ the recluse ”,

part I, line 836 and lines 840 to 846 !
















the easy way to understand the net is   it's volunteer actvity,  you have to do almost all the support yourself including financial !
















the easy way to understand the net is it's volunteer actvity, you have to do almost all the support yourself including financial !
















transcript from 0:41


  just being away from people  is one of the most marvellous fulfillments a man like me can have


just the absence of humanity is a fulfillment so graceful that even god would understand if he invented them which he probably didn't


my reply to the negative comments on the  video  page


  bukowski is speaking religious truth, the morons don't like it !


  call it prayer or meditation, what do you think he is talking about?


  solitude heals ! 
















zen has lost it's authenticity,  it has just become a bunch of social welfare workers nattering on to each other about how to improve the human condition


it's not about that at all


i am


here


to


restore


it's


authenticity


:


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)


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charles bukowski's last book of poems is very good, but the public doesn't like it


apparently his wife really provided stable conditions for him
and the poetry is very clear sighted


i think the book's content is pretty well applicable from the woman's point of view as well


relationship and child rearing disrupts the self


the lack of these activities leads to immaturity but they are also a denial of a more important maturity


to the human sense it seems less and weightless


but it's not  !


the book is  online  and well worth reading


if it's not to your taste,  just to read one poem you like and have a think
















the  latest  on  BPS  and  BPA !


it's not just those two but the  endocrinal disruption in utero  of femto to pico molar sensitive hormones is the biggest threat facing the human race !
















if you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially


quote by joel  osteen
















jundo, what the hell are you doing in zen?

you're just an arrogant stupid arsehole !

well i suppose that's what you are doing in zen !



(ed. jundo cohen of the teaspew sangha ! : o)


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“ the girl with the agile eyes and her nose in a blue lotus ”


lol,  good  description !
















the two homilies below are a general comment on the short sighted moving from pleasure to pleasure that is an operandus modi for women


i'm


not


saying


men


don't


have


their


issues


:


o


)


(
















well, women masturbate,  they never stop masturbating  : o) (
















well


women


masturbate


they


never


stop


masturbating

:


o


)


(
















 how can i straighten you out?


you


have


a

lifetime



of


going


  wrong !

:


o


(


)
















how can i straighten you out?  you have a lifetime of going wrong ! : o)(
















how can i straighten you out?  you have a lifetime of going wrong ! : o( )
















my reply to a long wanking  post  by domyo burk,  everyone is on a path toward wisdom and compassion ,  on sweeping zen


look this is just spiel designed to kneecap people !  airy fairy wanking actually !


gonna moderate this too adam tebbe?  censorship is for pretenders,  you are putting yourself in that camp by your actions !
















nothing like seeing something in yourself to bring understanding and more sympathy to the plight of others : o)
















men and women are decoys to each other !
















i'm not sure it's helpful to tell you this cause it's easy to get hung up on it, but that's a dai kensho  koan , you let go of yourself and you flip through infinity and back and believe me your life turns totally upside down at this point and personally i don't recommend it,  if you didn't fit before,  you are an anathema to the living afterwards and they are an anathema to you !


there's very few people in zen who get true dai kenshos so basically they don't/won't understand what i have just said or pretend, but true dai kensho changes belief into experience and true understanding and the world shows itself for what it is, a card game , masque, sitcom/tragedy !


the actors don't like to be told they are acting !


the other problem is that dai kensho is just really the beginning,  i had dai kehsho at age about 7,  then at 30 and then recently a year ago,  the last one was very subtle, but was a definite different level


basically it's all my life has been about and until about 6 years ago i lived celibate being very autistic


i just look at all these people who are playing at zen, so up themselves and lacking any sort of humility at all.............................


i got kicked out of everywhere in zen...............


that's just the way it is, the inauthentic rejects the authentic, that's why they are inauthentic


anyway don't get hung up on experiences, just forget about them, they happen in their own way and time and providing them is provenance of infinity and not your problem


it's the work of a lifetime and the best advice i can give is to pay attention to health cause unless the brain is active and working well and your health reasonably up to par, it's all too depressing and hopeless !


and spend time with natural scenery when time permits !
















some of these people on message boards, facebook and blogs, are like senile old cats, purring themselves to death : o)
















some of these people on message boards, facebook and blogs, they're like senile old cats, purring themselves to death


v3
















some of these people on facebook and blogs, are like senile old cats, purring themselves to death


v2
















some of these people on facebook and blogs, they're like senile old cats, purring themselves to death


v1
















i keep learning what it is to waste 5,  10,  15 30 50  years,


there's no reason why you shouldn't do it

i'm


sorta


only


semi


 sympathetic


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quote by charles bukowski from his poem  “ people as flowers ”


i decide that the only definition of

truth  (which changes)

is that it is that thing or act or

belief  which the crowd

rejects



my comment :


 i must be the only truth there is : o)


his    book   the people look like flowers at last
















the net has no trouble delivering that one in ten thousand person to us in an almost inexhaustible supply,  most of whom we never want to see and can be or are dangerous and destructive (to us !)


this is counter-intuitive to our  local experience  of life !
















like on jeff fosters facebook  page  which i still read occasionally,  you sometimes see  a  bit  of  the  real  lives  spill  out  and  it's  extreme/horrific
















having had a recent but short bout of the infamous sydney 2012 norovirus i thought i'd pass on that i found the  houston   afp pep,  no fenol  and  zyme prime  enzymes  very helpful,  just use plenty :-) !


i think you are basically reducing the gut bacterial count right down, and no fenol used in conjunction with a slightly cooked phenolic fruit like gooseberries  (i have a shrub i continually picked off !)  releases anti-bacterials !


pasturized  (57 to 62C)  neat, fresh,  your own hand squeezed lemon juice  from quality lemons is also helpful, but keep away from the enzymes as it is acidic !


i actually squeeze the lemons in my hand and not on a juicer as this minimizes the amount of integument in the juice, as i find the integument is hard on the gut lining !


garden grown lemons not at risk of any lead in the soil i find best : o)


lemon trees and presumably all citrus  uptake lead into the fruit  quite well



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ok, there is a complication ! this  research  warns against septic shock from pancreatic digestive enzymes breaching the mucosal barrier in the small intestine, so i think peptizyde doing the same is a distinct possibility, and to some extent zyme prime because it also has a (smaller) quantity of proteases in !


bacterial toxins can degrade the mucosal barrier, so for any gut condition this is potentially an issue, but i think on balance what i proposed above is effective, especially the use of no phenol with gooseberries


however the use of peptizyde is more problematic and possibly zyme prime, so i am withdrawing any recommendation of the use of enzymes with norovirus and it's just a description of what i have done, like alot of things there's pros and cons and our base condition is very important and one has to work out for oneself what works and what could be dangerous !
















one is off for a week at least i think with the sydney 2012 norovirus


it affects the brain


makes one quite depressed or out of it that's hard to pick up


subtle


boiled frog syndrome


makes sense a gastro bug should affect the brain because of the common genetics, bio-materials and processes


 the brain evolved out of the gut !


houston  enzymes  really helped !  just use plenty  :o)


you are basically reducing the gut bacterial count right down, and no fenol used in conjunction with a phenolic fruit like gooseberries  (i have a shrub i continually picked off !)  releases anti-bacterials !
















adam tebbe  (sweeping zen)  is not passing my posts,  (ed. 21st/22nd jan 2013)  he is another zen fake !

they can't hack it in the real world and just want to masturbate in their closed fakeness !


this  kozandaishi  is into the  trance scene and likely a drug user imo,  adam, if you read this please think about what your audience is and who you are favouring, drug addicts and schizophrenics !

is this what you are throwing your life away on?



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kozandaishi posts


andrew levin – you’re the biggest ass hat posting on this site bar none. what a pompous, arrogant 7th patriarch you are. please give your ego a rest.



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jundo cohen replies


kozan … might i suggest maintaining civil and soft speech, even when offering a justified, strong and direct criticism?


gassho, jundo



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my  reply   (comment not passed)



lol, you  (jundo)  have improved from the days when brad still had an uncensored blog !


why not do a blog post about yourself and life, you don’t quite make sense, what are you doing in japan, do you have a family, and maybe a few gripes about nishijma since mike cross seems to be going full bore on the subject?


so real stuff about how you live, the problems of being a westerner lving in japan and that sort of thing, rather intriguing to us in the west i think !


i think i have improved to, people are negative about the web and social skills, but if you use it the right way i think it does offer something


in a nutshell, each post you write should teach you something and at the end of it you should be a slightly different person



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nevermind replies


lol.  how,  jundo,  aside  from your good grace,  is the criticism  justified?



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my reply to kozandaishi    (comment not passed)



Yeah it’s tough being enlightened in a misguided world :o)


all that sitting seems to have left you a bit lacking in expressive skills?


funnily enough   ass hat  echoes some words in a  poem  i wrote


what has zen done to you that the best you can do is yell from the sidelines behind a mask ?


  daishi  indeed, you are neither silent nor illuminated !


you guys don’t seem to get it, buddha defends his own, if you are doing real work the words and skills will come and you will be confident to defend your view point rather than screaming like spoiled disappointed children : o)



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my  reply   (comment not passed)




kozan daishi


  recognise  this ?


  that’s what your state of attention is like?


  you are only pulling the wool over your own eyes mate !
















    buddha,   god,   infinite magnitude,   whatever you will......... :o)
















    buddha, god, infinite magnitude, whatever you will......... :o)
















simon posford,  trance/hallucinogenic  music


he seems abit stuck behind the times, you can do all that and way more with computer software now !


you can do all that with computer software now ! move with the times simon ! look at the pc world !
















i think i have improved with net blogs and message boards, people are negative about the web and social skills, but if you use it the right way i think it does offer something : o)


in a nutshell, each post you write should teach you something and at the end of it you should be a slightly different person : o)
















you guys don't seem to get it,

buddha defends his own,

if you are doing real work

the words and skills will come

and you will be confident

to defend your view point

rather than screaming

     like spoiled disappointed children :o)
















you guys don't seem to get it,  buddha defends his own,  if you are doing real work the words and skills will come and you will be confident to defend your view point rather than screaming like spoiled disappointed children :o)
















charles bukowski  writing  about  biofilm !


“ i walked miles through the city and saw nothing
as a giant claw ate at my stomach ”


from
















the whole idea of teachers and students, is quite mistaken and damaging to both  !


v2
















the whole idea of teachers and students,  is quite mistaken  and damaging  to both


v1r1                 v1r2
















i was born mad and i'll die mad and in between , i'm mostly mad


  v2
















i was born mad and i'll die mad and in between , i'm mostly mad : o)


  v1
















translation is actually more difficult

than writing the original,

unfortunately it gets overwhelmed by that

and is intrinsic

so that translations are always,

or at least

  mostly unsatisfactory,

though at their best

    they can transcend : 0 )
















translation is actually more difficult

than writing the original,

unfortunately it gets overwhelmed by that

and is intrinsic

so that translations are always,

or at least

mostly unsatisfactory,

though at their best

   they can transcend :o)
















translation is actually more difficult than writing the original,  unfortunately it gets overwhelmed by that  and is intrinsic  so that translations are always,  or at least  mostly unsatisfactory,  though at their best they can transcend :o)
















translation is actually more difficult than writing the original, unfortunately it gets overwhelmed by that and is intrinsic so that translations are always, or at least mostly unsatisfactory, though at their best they can transcend :o)
















so we could have  zen corp , jundo marketing, genpo finances, brad warner advertising, hilbert pensioned retired employee, sasaki the madman living in the cellar, more vacancies, apply forthwith :o)
















you know, one of the funny things i have noticed about life is everyone ends up in jobs they are not at all suited to.


  none of the zen teachers are even slightly suited to what they are doing !


   but generally, everything, i can't think of an exception !
















nominally i am 56, on a good day 35 and on a bad one 760  : o(
















nominally i am 56, on a good day 35 and on a bad one 760  !
















zen is not about being and glorifying stupidity BTW !
















jeff foster is a narcissist !
















the purpose of advaita/non-duality is to take the schizophrenics out of circulation


they are really mentally ill,  you can tell them,  but because they are mentally ill,  it doesn't make any difference


  that's the nature of being mentally ill !
















to be a zen teacher is a fiction and shows a fundamental lack of understanding


and of course humility !
















to be a zen teacher is a fiction and shows a fundamental lack of understanding, and of course humility !
















the absolute went out for a walk with a relative, crossed the bounds of incestuous indeterminacy and was left with a pelative :o)
















the absolute went out for a walk with a relative, crossed the bounds of incestuous indeterminacy and was left with a consanguative :o)
















reply to harvey hilbert


again it's great you have replied !  it's such a positive step that, life is nothing but a trail of error and being able to reply to criticism that hurts is so far ahead of the pack, that one leaves the pack  :o)


the nature of the absolute is you cannot make meaning of it, this stuff about absolute and relative is prattle !


it's so hard for people to let go of this perceived necessity of coherence and sense


the absolute went out for a walk with a relative, crossed the bounds of incestuous indeterminacy and was left with a consanguative :o)


 you write  “ be well ”  !


 do you mean  this ?


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a further reply to hilbert who seems completely unable to deal with anything that makes him think !


what i meant by querying your  be well  which i assume is some sort of american  glad handling  phrase as it's not used here in australasia


is really it's fake nonsense and having had some health issues over the years you need to pay attention to diet and supplements and in fact am the author of the  biofilm  carbohydrate diet  which i linked to


you obviously made no attempt to understand or read the link, like even 5 minutes and that's where your zen has stopped, overly minimal and worth worth a cent actually, however the norm in this game is pretending and you are no worse than the rest !


ed.  hilbert  is 67 !  if i had known i would have saved my breath !



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ok, i've just twigged you are 67, as we get older our mistakes fossilize..............


28F/-2C is cold, like you i gaze at the stars............


“ this morning i sat outside in our courtyard looking at the stars. it was 28 degrees. not bad as i was wearing a robe and my running tights. with each breath thoughts arose. i considered the bataan memorial death march and whether i would finish it. i considered the few dirty dishes in our sink. i considered the coffee brewing in our kitchen. and so on. a shooting star caught the corner of my eye. that speck, caught in our atmosphere, flamed out and i was reminded of my age. we each will flame out at some time. i was reminded of a conversation i had yesterday at the café in mesilla. my friend told me his neighbor had died in his sleep a few days ago. he was 68. i will be 67 next month. it seems as we age we hear such stories and, like the shooting star, we are reminded of the brief time we have in awareness ”


   if there's more to zen, i don't know it...........
















now this is the sort of  mouse  you zensters should all be, instead of being frightened by milkshakes : o)


  check out the howl, it's really something ! : o)
















now this is the sort of  mouse  you all should be, instead of being frightened by milkshakes : o)


  check out the howl, it's really something ! : o)
















blanked by cherry blossom


my


own


colour


: o)


the above is my translation of  saigyō hōshi's  poem with

david barnhill's  translation  (page 4)  alongside



omoikaesu

satori ya kyō wa

nakaramashi

hana ni someoku

iro nakari

mind-changing

satori--this very day--

it would not exist

had my own color

not been dyed by blossoms

/ had color not been dyed by blossoms (literal)
















“realizing emptiness”  is an end because it's the usual  “ghost cave”


my personal feeling is harvey hilbert has taken a wrong turn and got stuck on some sort of appearance of zen


it's real hard for people to understand that zen is no different from anything else, you can make big mistakes for 15 to 30 years and to look at that needs not to be an  issue


and that most people in zen including all the so called teachers are stuck within this because they are unable to let go their investment and admit error


the ancient masters of old showed no reluctance to enter into discussion, but where are they now? what are they hiding behind and why?


tongue (finger!) tied?


  they have no competence having being brought up in some sort of illusion of  “grunt zen”  that only requires the repeating of clichés


   originality and creativity, the surest footprints of buddha are frowned on !


“by their fruits they are known”


   plastic flowers are an anathema to buddha !
















 even a good mood feels hateful to me : o)
















  even a good mood is hateful to me : o)
















my experience of sanghas is they have the knife out for anything different and the teachers too for anything that threatens their power


that's real life experience, not theoretical


btw i really think people don't understand what current cardiovascular research is saying about the thrombotic problems of sitting when you get over 35-40 !


 sitting in the cold is adding two problems together !


 actually everything is unbounded once you start to see it !
















  shodo , your name is fake and your hiding your identity is fake ! if you think the old zen stories went, well the anonymous master said............


why you and others waste your lives doing some facsimilie of what zen is really about i don't know, you can make any number of claims but they are all stymied by your inability to be yourself in public, which is the real skill of zen practice :‑)


(ed. reply to an arsehole commenter on sweeping zen)



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  shodo  why not put up some calligraphy of something original you have written on the web?


you are trapped in a sort of unpleasant unreal vacancy,  you have to do things to get out of it,  opinions don't count !



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calligraphy  just for you !



(turning off the sound might be a good idea! )


do


you


see


the


difference


between doing

something


and


   just talk ?
















that's  interesting,  sounds like an effective vaccine is on the horizon !
















the english-russia  website  has these great russian road videos, even one guy being beaten up by some mafia for denting their car


violent place !
















meaning is a fluid moving field !


v2
















it's about something, i don't know what it's about,

meaning is a fluid moving field



v1r1                         v1r1p5                         v1r1p6


v1r2                        v1r2p5
















zen does not consist of a mastery of clichés and constantly rehashing them as though they mean something !
















zen does not consist of a mastery of clichés and constantly rehashing them as though they mean something


  v2
















zen should not consist of a mastery of clichés and constantly rehashing them as though they mean something


  v1
















the odd thing about joshu sasaki is he has lived so long and was mentally vigorous to an unusually old age


he's really a product of ww2 and imagine if you are a celibate monk and suddenly ww2 comes along with it's chronic man shortage and then the huge losses of young men that japan suffered


he was actively sought for sex and and subtleties of behavior seemed to have escaped him because of the ready availability of women


in america he never outgew that
















humans are complete little universes, inviolable, almost unalterable
















humans are complete little universes, inviolable, unalterable
















death distances us from life
















tasmania's moon is pretty good


streams and rivers and mountains are what new zealand has


eileen says


i love the look of the mountains

snow covered

valleys

fiords

looks surreal to me



my reply


yeah, spring is the best time to see that