Fawzo

.. is that one should never drink apple juice and eat burritos while attending a meditation workshop, unless..

Lets not forget waterfalls and oil slicks

This post is an interesting coincidence. Last night I was reading about the differences between being a disciple or student and about having knowledge of Buddhism or actually living it. One can study Buddhism and its precepts for years but if one does not live those precepts one does not then actually "know" them. This is the advantage of being a disciple instead of just a student of Buddhism. A student sits and learns the lessons but many will be hard to live because they are contrary to the ego nature that is ingrained in the student. A disciple on the other hand gets hands on training from the Master who lives the precepts. Living side by side with the Master he begins to live the precepts until the day comes when the disciple is ready and the "knowing" passes from Master to disciple quite easily. I think this is the main stumbling block in my living the precepts. I have knowledge of them but I do not "know" them in my being else I would live them. He surely missed someone he shared a great deal of bliss with and someone who was irreplaceable.

Loved the show!

Yes some people sing solo wonderfully and its music to the ears. Others sound great doing duets. Trios are great, quartets, until finally the most wonderful sound is the whole world singing "we are the world, we are the people" True love from above loves all equally. I know the wonder I felt when on occasion when I had thought I found that special someone. So I know of what you are speaking.

"Change your thoughts - Change your Life Living the wisdom of the Tao" by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.

Surely you're not saying we're all just half souls looking for our matching half.

..CUT...before she could finish a Hollywood director yelled cut and she got in a limo and drove off leaving Fawzo to wonder..

You're talking about things with opposable thumbs and I'm talking about primordial protoplasm and why it wanted to be a thing with an opposable thumb. Thats ok it's better than silence..OR IS IT!

This phrase always makes me shiver. If one believes this of any person or thing they are sure to be disappointed down the road IMHO. ATI made you perfect the way you are. He/She/It doesn't make junk. This Opinion is not necessarily that of this station. Now back to our regularly scheduled program of Rhyme Chimes.

I enjoyed the post but my question is why have we forgotten our true nature and desired to be human in the first place?

..look directly at a woman's....

Now what do you purpose was the purpose of hiding or forgetting in the first place?

Exactly! So it isn't reading at all but more like unreading!

Yes I have tried to read those but the Barnes and Noble was closed due to flooding! Sorry for being a wise ** but I do understand what you mean. My serious question though is can that be considered reading or is it more just being. When I encounter an object in life should I be reading it or being one with it. Do I have to read it to become one with it?

I look forward to it you are a worthy opponent! Oops look your shoe is untied

Happy Birthday!!!

Actually I was judging the judgement of the Masters with the words "their lips" only because they aren't here to defend themselves. Did you just infer I had the intelligence and awareness of a sea slug Heck no! I just hand it to the next dumbass that walks by not to imply that you are such! You have to catch me first!

A question for my Taoist, Buddhist and Zen brothers and sisters? Who is your favorite Author? I drool whenever I get my hands on an OSHO book. Somehow each one I read by him seems better than the last. Right now I'm reading "The Buddha Said..." my all time fav!

But Master I have not called you anything. It is your own mind which holds this conversation with you. I have only offered my lowly outlook on the parable. But if I were so bold and foolish to wrongly judge you as unenlightened and offered it to you as a gift, if you do not receive it, is it not still mine to carry all the days of my life.

..Jessica Alba walked by and started to console him. She took...

I guess it just depends on one's perspective. There are times when I meditate that I wear earplugs and cover my eyes and try to turn off as many senses as possible to enjoy the bliss as long and as deep as I can, not even caring if the house burned down or burglars broke in and robbed me. So I guess the Master still living can look down upon the corpse and say such stupidity, but I also see the Master who has transformed to the other side looking down on his associates and saying stupid mortals if they only knew. I think if either were truly enlightened the judgment of the words stupidity would not leave their lips.

..he was up a creek without a paddle. Just as he thought that he noticed a paddle vending machine 10 feet away. What the...

You get ulcers!

Heres a cheers to Jolly Old Bastard with Apple Juice of course!