July 24th recommended threads

Jundo

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July 24th recommended threads

07-24-2012, 09:48 PM

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

hermitage poem

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9956-hermitage-poem

SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Pain, Suffering & Freedom

SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Pain, Suffering & Freedom - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9947-SIT-A-LONG-with-JUNDO-Pain-Suffering-Freedom

I have friends these days who are feeling the pain of cancer, grief at the death of a spouse, worry over a sick child, a broken heart from a broken marriage, fear and despair from loss of a job. I wish I could take their pain away, but I can't. Zazen is powerless for all of it too, and can't cure their cancer, remove the

Squashing silly semantic wheel spinning on "self" vs. "ego" ...

ego = self? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9957-ego-self

The self, that we will all realize does not exist–with our prolonged practice–is this self the same as ego?

Some information on Makyo and "The Color Purple" ...

Lucid "Blacking Out" During Zazen - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9958-Lucid-Blacking-Out-During-Zazen&p=82112&viewfull=1#post82112

It's more like a "purple out." It's been happening since I started sitting bout 15 or so years ago. I sit there, very still, and my vision starts to cancel itself out. It's like when you look at those weird blotches on the computer or some such, and when you close your eyes a vision is revealed to you from the

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