[MD] Everything/Nothing, or should I get a life?

[MarshaV]

At 08:59 PM 6/4/2007, you wrote:
> > >       [Marsha previously]
> > > > But I think you have misinterpreted
> > > > what I was saying.  No problem.  Painting is
> > > > calming, or exciting.  Depends on the subject.
> > I do meditate, but I still can sometimes paint with
>great passion.
>
>               [SA previously]
> > >      How is mediation counter to great passion?
>
>      [Marsha]
> > I didn't mean to imply that.
>
>      What do you mean then?
>
>      [SA previously]
> > Zazen, what I like to practice, is alertness, but
>not on anything in
> > >particular.  I hear a bird, well, when a bird is
> > >present to be heard.  Now, if I where to
> > concentrate on the bird song specifically, well then
>I've begun
> > to meditate, I'm focused on something specific.
>
>        [Marsha]
> > You sound very pleased with your practice.
>
>      I meditate, too.  Are you pleased with your
>practice of meditation?  With painting?

SA,

Are you afraid of women?

Marsha