Quote:Abra wrote
Where did all that come from?
I'm just curious where you get the idea that I 'mystify emotions'?
You seem to be assuming quite a bit about someone you've never met.
I don't really mean to point the finger at you and make it totally personal. Sorry about that, I bet if we were to meet each other in person, we would get along great
Perhaps I was using you as an example since you've apparently got a big target on your back now LOL Don't worry about it!What I have observed from what you have written in this thread and my ever-growing understanding of Zen, this is where I got this notion from. The main point I'm trying to relate is this DUALITY which you apparently seem to be fixated on between spirituality and matter. Don't worry I am not criticizing you at all, I am totally guilty of this type of thinking also! (probably everyone is, except the most exceptional, the buddhas)
The unity of the Tao can be used in all facets of thought and comparison. The mental idea of "spirituality" can also like the thought of God sometimes. We externalize them. When God is seen outside and far away from us in another realm, we are separated from the very thing we worship and desire, God, or spirituality. When spirit is unknown, out there in themysterious universe, we then feel alienated from it as we would a Christian god. Separate, not interdependent and the same as Buddha would teach to view spirit. This unifying power of buddha mind is what enables us to focus and bring together, hold together vast amounts of information, intelligence, imagination and emotions and anything we wish to place in the consciousness. I think it heals and fixes things too. The power of the dharma is truly such a fundamental understanding of human nature. The answer is within. Know thyself. Well, it seems that Buddha already knows all of us because he knows the entire human condition, and is well aware of how to benefit it. And this is his only want.....to benefit and enrich our "spirits".
Take care, and always aim to quiet the restless mind.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
