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susieqz

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i never got to do an outrageous first post.
i feel cheated.
how do i go about being outrageous now?
 

susieqz

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i'll have to ponder that.
making people crazy is right up my alley, no matter how it's done.
 

susieqz

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HOHO! i take that as a challenge.
i plan to start a thread about both creationism n darwinism being unsatisfactory.
that might do it.
i have no idea how to be disturbing talking about batteries.
 

MyMagicMist

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HOHO! i take that as a challenge.
i plan to start a thread about both creationism n darwinism being unsatisfactory.
that might do it.
i have no idea how to be disturbing talking about batteries.

I'll visit that thread to quote master Joshu and say ... "Mu."
 

nadalama

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All kinds of stuff makes me crazy. Usually it doesn't last long. :confused:
 

nadalama

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"Well, huh. How about that?" *said wearing a Jack Webb smirking grin*

Thought I had something else to scribble. I got lost. Damn it, see if I go through a door anymore today.

Well you already said, "Mu." What more is there to say?
 

MyMagicMist

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what's all this about mu?
i didn't know we were talking about ancient lost civilizations.

This might help explain it, especially this quoted bit

A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have Buddha Nature or not?" Joshu replied, "Mu!" which means "no" or "not." Since all things have Buddha Nature, what the heck was Joshu getting at? There is no solving this question intellectually and no solving it emotionally ... so how can anyone solve it?

I read it elsewhere as Joshu having been asked if a cat had Buddha nature. For more help understanding the term Mu in relation to Zen. I've always understood it to mean to say a question is "irrelevant". There's no need to answer the question nor need to ask it. Then again, I consider theis below too.

one day, when i was visiting a zen centre, i told the teacher about my interest in the koans and told him that i couldnt solve them..

He then asked me to meditate on another koan for a second;

"two sisters are crossing the street, which one is the older sister?"

Suddenly, I began to laugh out loud.. And all my worries and desires, disapeared, for i realized that i 'dont know' which is the older sister AND quite frankly, what does it mattet???

I shook his hand and went home!
 

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