tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post4694253427195176293..comments2024-01-08T06:21:35.864-08:00Comments on Notes in Samsara: More on Zen, Politics, Authenticity, and "Lay versus Monastic Practice"Mumon Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-59522778996397136142010-06-04T03:45:56.658-07:002010-06-04T03:45:56.658-07:00Thanks gentlemen; this part of our mind that does ...Thanks gentlemen; this part of our mind that does this putting another head there stuff is the product of relatively recent evolution, and does serve a useful purpose, as you say Jordan, though, this part of the brain has to be used to turn the practice inward.Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-90567500121002534882010-06-03T12:11:43.355-07:002010-06-03T12:11:43.355-07:00Yes, great thoughts, I honestly never thought of i...Yes, great thoughts, I honestly never thought of it this way. I definitely agree, our own individuality isn't compromised, but certainly can be used to help our practice.<br /><br />Great post.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-54446195973349175212010-06-03T11:50:01.333-07:002010-06-03T11:50:01.333-07:00Thanks Mumon,
I often don't know the same thin...Thanks Mumon,<br />I often don't know the same thing...<br /><br />The deluded mind loves to make distinctions. This is this, that is that. But all those distinctions are stuff we make up and have nothing to do with the truth. <br /><br />We need those distinctions so that we don't go crossing into oncoming traffic, mix up the red and blur wires, etc. But we have to see through these distinctions too, and know that the labels we like to affix to stuff is just an illusion. Everyone has to meet their practice where they are, the trick is turning the light inwards and shining.<br /><br />Or so I keep telling my false sense of self, over and over again...SlowZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589294912054724123noreply@blogger.com