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by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:05 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

Re: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

Sitting still is only a small part of the Buddhist path. It is like a test environment where you have the opportunity to investigate how things are, where you have a short break from the everyday events to spend time with your study. As for gaining insight from learning, it can work fine, if you ha...
by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:59 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

Re: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

oushi wrote:
Verbanderbog wrote: I understand intellectually that words suck at discussing this topic.
Why?
Because language can't emulate the feeling you have when you see a bird in flight.
by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

Re: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

Because it depends on a persons karma. Some karma even makes people think they can even have "it". :smile: Zen is not about believing in ideas, quite opposite. So, if you have it all figured out, you have to work hard to get ride of it. as it is about not having anything. I don't have it ...
by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:49 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

Re: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

Because it depends on a persons karma. Some karma even makes people think they can even have "it". :smile: Zen is not about believing in ideas, quite opposite. So, if you have it all figured out, you have to work hard to get ride of it. as it is about not having anything. I don't have it ...
by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:43 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

Re: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

Because it depends on a persons karma. Some karma even makes people think they can even have "it". :smile: "have" perhaps was the wrong word. I simply mean to say intellectual understanding seems enough to make it "click" as it were. So often you hear "Stop lookin...
by Verbanderbog
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: What's all this nonsense about sitting still?
Replies: 84
Views: 18882

What's all this nonsense about sitting still?

Why do people struggle so with enlightenment? Once you understand it intellectually you can have it. All this wishy-washy business about sitting still and discipline, is it just an alternate route? Is it just a way to crack the ego's defenses? :shrug: To quote Alan Watts, "If you have a thin sh...

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