the way i see it, quite often organisations and disciples spawn all by themselves, leaving the original teacher/prophet/seer/ turning in his grave...
wasn't osho the one with all the rolls royces and the tax-dodging stories? i'll have to Wiki......
Tales of the Inexpressible. i first heard shpongle while driving back from a trance party; when i heard the disc again a few days later, i could...
what truly scared me was that armchair the guy was sitting in watching tv, the armchair with the handle to flush the built-in loo.... i don't...
and those 3 were just from the first page of google images... ;)
hmmm, i don't know about that.... [IMG] (photo:google) [IMG] (photo: masterfile.com) [IMG] photo: asianpopcorn.com i love japanese...
thank you again for your words, raga mala. certainly those routes are not invalid. my experience of practising vipassana meditation allowed me to...
indeed. this too, an interesting post, a shining post. :sunny:
thank you raga mala, i take your point about intention. but i realise i'm not explaining myself very well either, with all these gnomic zen...
desiring enlightenment is like fighting for peace (or, as on a rather clever shirt i saw once, "fucking for virginity") however, everyone...
koan are beautiful, never fear to express them. ch'an (zen) is beautiful (as a forest of shit - so fertile), so mysteriously obvious; ineffable,...
loving it, living it.
people do have different methods, i suppose. i did vipassana. until i didn't. i repeat the last two lines of my previous post, and take my leave....
thanks Tisha, this one's a beaut to add to my collection :hurray: to the OP - perhaps try to remember that everyone is on a journey of sorts....
there is a zen story. the student went to the monk and said "please teach me to meditate." the monk said "go to your room, sit quietly and come to...
....but they also grow the most amazing flowers from that pile
:D eg the internet
the real question in my mind will then be if "i" stop existing will "i"stop thinking? (and of course, what is this "i" i am wondering about....
wow, i wish i was in control of my body :D because it does stuff at a cellular and microcellular not to mention subatomic level that "i" have...
oh carlid thank you for the snakes they are supreme :hurray:
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