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Originally Posted by mercuryrising  I was reading the latest issue of Tricycle, a Buddhist magazine, recently and there was this article about the first American Zen Roshi. No one had heard of him. He started a small Zen group in New England. They ran a saw mill to support themselves.
It made me think about what attracted me to Zen in the first place. I think it's because I am always looking for the new spiritual tangent to complicate my life. And I spend a lot of time reflecting, reading, philosophizing and writing. Zen is the opposite of all that. You meditate, chop wood, carry water. No exterior purpose. No spectacular vision, no utopia to create, no mass awakening, no metaphysical meandering. Just life as it is.
I'm happier when I'm not trying to figure it all out and when I'm involved with some vigorous form of work. |
BUt here you are. You still can't help yourself, can you?
This thinking is a vigorous form of work for me and you personally sent me on this path through your observations in the 'concept of ego' thread. Thankyou and I hope you stay around.regards