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(Zen) Buddhism, Taoism, Sufism, Mysticism, Theism, Deism, XYZ-ism… are really just language games. That realization is the culmination of 8 years of Buddhist study and practice, for which I’m truly grateful.
As you go through life, make this your goal: watch the doughnut, not the hole.
(Zen) Buddhism, Taoism, Sufism, Mysticism, Theism, Deism, XYZ-ism… are really just language games. That realization is the culmination of 8 years of Buddhist study and practice, for which I’m truly grateful.
As you go through life, make this your goal: watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Every happy hour the hedgehog comes to the Pig and Whistle for a McIvor in water and says the same thing to whoever will listen. No one ever wants to hear his one great thing. Finally, on a quiet day, the bartender relented, said, “Yes,” and prepared for a long-winded harangue. The hedgehog reached into his wallet and slid a photo across the counter.
What happened next? What was inside the wallet? Come on….
The message I get from Buddhism is to be aware of one’s prejudices. I think the idea is not to stop thinking or caring, but to stop getting caught up in pop wisdom and to act more out of compassion.
Every happy hour the hedgehog comes to the Pig and Whistle for a McIvor in water and says the same thing to whoever will listen. No one ever wants to hear his one great thing. Finally, on a quiet day, the bartender relented, said, “Yes,” and prepared for a long-winded harangue. The hedgehog reached into his wallet and slid a photo across the counter.
What happened next? What was inside the wallet? Come on….
Something like “slow and steady wins the race.”
I’m not aware of too many things;
I know what I know;
Do you know what I mean?
I’m real big on the it’s the journey, not a destination and the don’t struggle against the wave, ride it ethics, but I think of them more in terms of Zen and Taoism than Buddhism, which I guess is a pretty arbitrary thing on my part.
Every happy hour the hedgehog comes to the Pig and Whistle for a McIvor in water and says the same thing to whoever will listen. No one ever wants to hear his one great thing. Finally, on a quiet day, the bartender relented, said, “Yes,” and prepared for a long-winded harangue. The hedgehog reached into his wallet and slid a photo across the counter.
What happened next? What was inside the wallet? Come on….
Something like “slow and steady wins the race.”
I’m not aware of too many things;
I know what I know;
Do you know what I mean?
