Tao Speaks: Practice is Enlightenment

Practice is Enlightenment

Posted by Butch on 3/25/2008, 10:59 pm, in reply to "no shame, no gain"
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--Previous Message--
: And here we enter the crux of the problem.
: Practice is NOT enlightenment anymore than
: enlightenment is. Sitting still and
: following breath; who actually is it
: assuming the posture or working the lungs?
: If meditation was enlightenment, then where
: are all the Buddhas and Lao Tzu's? Butch,
: your Yeshua bim Myriam died for your sins,
: what then do you have to do? Give up the
: holy ghost, man!
:

Friends,

To practice is to take responsibility for one's life.

Some people do, some don't.

The journey is the destination.

There is only one way to return to our original nature, but there are many places along it.

Our nature is Nature.

We are a microcosm of the macrocosm.

I don't know how to address your concerns any simpler without oversimplifying.

Butch

Message Thread:

Tibet - Chris 3/20/2008, 2:32 am
- Freedom for Tibet - Lian Dao 3/20/2008, 5:34 am
- Re: Tibet - wulf 3/21/2008, 2:39 am
  - Re: Tibet - Chris 3/21/2008, 3:23 pm
    - Re: Tibet - wulf 3/24/2008, 2:13 am
- Re: Tibet - Fastovsky 3/22/2008, 9:35 pm
  - Re: Tibet - Bao Pu 3/23/2008, 9:54 am
    - Pray! - Butch 3/24/2008, 8:39 am
      - Meditate! - gar 3/24/2008, 9:28 am
      - Butch Comes Out! - Lian Dao 3/24/2008, 9:37 am
      - Re: Pray! - Steve 3/24/2008, 3:45 pm
        
        Pray I don't run out of air! - Butch 3/24/2008, 4:11 pm
        
        an apology to Lian Dao - Steve 3/24/2008, 5:43 pm
        
        Re: an apology to Lian Dao accepted - Lian Dao 3/25/2008, 4:47 am
        
        No Apology Needed Among Friends - Butch 3/25/2008, 8:20 am
        
        Re: No Apology Needed Among Friends - Steve 3/25/2008, 9:21 am
        
        Re: No Apology Needed Among Friends - gar 3/25/2008, 9:30 am
        
        no shame, no gain - Lian Dao 3/25/2008, 9:55 am
        
        Practice is Enlightenment - Butch 3/25/2008, 10:59 pm
        
        burn the heretics - Steve 3/26/2008, 9:08 am
        
        Rebel Without a Cause - Butch 3/26/2008, 6:40 pm
        
        Re: Rebel Without a Cause - Steve 3/26/2008, 9:07 pm
        
        Re: Rebel Without a Cause - Butch 3/26/2008, 10:06 pm
      - Prayer is Poison - Jaime 3/26/2008, 11:41 am
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Steve 3/26/2008, 3:47 pm
        
        Prayer is an Antidote for what ails us. - Butch 3/26/2008, 6:56 pm
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Butch 3/26/2008, 10:05 pm
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Steve 3/26/2008, 10:37 pm
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Butch 3/26/2008, 6:46 pm
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Fastovsky 3/26/2008, 11:31 pm
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Jaime 3/27/2008, 10:21 am
        
        Re: Prayer is Poison - Fastovsky 3/27/2008, 7:12 pm
        
        boycott was a weapon of fascism - wulf 3/28/2008, 7:33 am
        
        Re: boycott was a weapon of fascism - Jaime 3/28/2008, 11:01 am
        
        Re: boycott was a weapon of fascism - wulf 3/28/2008, 1:43 pm
        
        Re: Misquotations of Chairman Mao - Fastovsky 3/27/2008, 7:06 pm
        
        Re: Misquotations of Chairman Mao - Jaime 3/28/2008, 11:03 am
- Re: Tibet - Lian Dao 3/24/2008, 3:14 pm
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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : And here we enter the crux of the problem. : Practice is NOT enlightenment anymore than : enlightenment is. Sitting still and : following breath; who actually is it : assuming the posture or working the lungs? : If meditation was enlightenment, then where : are all the Buddhas and Lao Tzu's? Butch, : your Yeshua bim Myriam died for your sins, : what then do you have to do? Give up the : holy ghost, man! : : : Friends, : : To practice is to take responsibility for : one's life. : : Some people do, some don't. : : The journey is the destination. : : There is only one way to return to our : original nature, but there are many places : along it. : : Our nature is Nature. : : We are a microcosm of the macrocosm. : : I don't know how to address your concerns : any simpler without oversimplifying. : : Butch :

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