A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT: Three Sacred Sentences (Please Join Poll)

[Kyōsen]

Regardless of official or unofficial guidelines, I intend to make a conscious effort to maintain this notion of Three Sacred Sentences if only for my own sake. I like the idea as sometimes I can be a little verbose and can use some structure to reign that in.

Gassho
Kyōsen
Sat|LAH

[Kyonin]

Hi all,

These days I find myself juggling a lot of stuff at the same time. The few sentences work really well for me because it forces me to go right to the point and to respect other's right for quiet and silence.

I think nothing stops us from mainly using the 3 Sentences format most of the time

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Nengei]

Terseness, brevity, succinctness, conciseness... these contribute a great deal to clarity, and ensure that as a writer I am not using the shotgun approach to seem like I know something. I appreciate that I can strive for briefness without being worried if I must write more.

"In my family, anyone who uses one word when ten will do simply isn't trying hard enough." - or something like that. President Bartlet, The West Wing.

Gassho,
然芸 Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Jundo]

Hi,

Because of the mix of comments here, I am going to post a poll now just to see how our members feel now that we have experimented with "Three Sacred Sentences" for awhile. It will give a sense whether folks believe that they benefit from such a practice or not, and how strongly they feel. I am hearing strong voices on both sides, and many in between too. It is important and helpful to know, and I thank you for taking a moment to respond.

Members' Poll (Your Participation Requested): "Three Sacred Sentences"

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?18071-Members-Poll-%28Your-Participation-Requested%29-Three-Sacred-Sentences

The poll is anonymous, and also will be in the "All of Life" section which is open and visible to Treeleaf members only. It will be up for about a week.

I am going to close this thread now, so please post any comments or advice in the new thread. Thank you.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah