[MD] humpty dumpty

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:12 AM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
> [Dan]
> I don't know if he realizes threatening emails can easily be traced back to their source. In these times the authorities take such threats very seriously.
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> [Arlo]
> I am sorry to hear this. If you are being harassed, you should act on that. There is no reason for such behavior.

Dan:
I open myself up for attack by writing these words in an open forum.

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> [Dan]
> Yes, certainly. And in our work-a-day world this is the norm. No disagreement from me. But Buddhism isn't interested in activity. It espouses non-activity.
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> [Arlo]
> I don't pretend to be an expert on Buddhism, but I think this sounds right. I think I was going off part of the eightfold path (right view, right action) as to the mapping of 'belief' to 'activity' (as opposed to being divorced from activity, as is a general problem of S/O thinking).

Dan:
I am no expert either. Robert Pirsig recommended a book called
Buddhism: Plain and Simple written by a man who is an expert, however.
Perhaps this quote might clarify what I mean:

“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions.
Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we actually
experience, right in this moment. You don't have to look "over there."
You don't have to figure anything out. You don't have to acquire
anything. And you don't have to run off to Tibet, or Japan, or
anywhere else. You wake up right here. In fact, you can only wake up
right here.

"So you don't have to do the long search, the frantic chase, the
painful quest. You're already right where you need to be.”

Dan comments:
What Mr. Hagen seems to be saying is we don't have to actively seek
out anything to do, any form of practice, any style of meditation. All
we have to do is attend to the moment. Why is it so difficult, though?

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> [Dan]
> Well, hopefully you saw I was having a bit of fun, that's all.
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> [Arlo]
> I did. :-) I hope you saw I was having a bit of fun back.

Dan:
Absolutely. Thank you; it is always a pleasure.

Dan

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