
Posted by Lian Dao on 7/6/2009, 4:08 pm, in reply to "Re: I don't have to show you no stinkin' a' badges!"
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: Steve,
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: The only thing that thinks there is no
: problem with the conditioned mind is the
: conditioned mind.
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: The conditioned mind is a straw dog. A
: mistaken case of identity good for nothing
: but burning within the light of awareness.
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: There are many triggering agents where
: mystical insight is concerned. The
: conditioned mind would ban them all. Are you
: trying to ban me? Do my words.... bother
: you?
:
: Maybe it would be better if I let this
: sleeping straw dog lie.
:
: Nah! Kicking you in the middle of your
: rationalizations is good for both of us. You
: might wake up yet and I get to practice on
: the dead.
:
: Butcho
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: Socially conscious as I am, Butcho, I'm
: concerned with the ramifications of guys
: like you running around telling people
: there's something wrong with their minds.
: Something wrong with how their lives are
: playing out.
:
: One perceives 'mistaken identity' only when
: one lives in an essentially problematic
: universe. As you do, apparently.
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: My universe is fine as is, thank you.
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:
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Maybe the problem is simply in Oak Tree's head?
Claiming to be 'unconditioned' is very much a symptomn of the 'conditioned' mind.
How do i know this?
Because i'm 'unconditioned'.
The sheer irony of Oak Tree's dualistic worldview which divides up his precious 'oneness' into conditional/unconditional and awake/asleep, hasn't even been noticed by the Unconditioned One. Surely there's only 'one' mind Butch?
And if he's still practicing after all this time, maybe he should stop practicing and start doing it properly?
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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