Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

[Jen]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

That's noon my time, so I should be able to make it next week. Just need to reinstall Skype on this computer and figure out where I put my head set...

[disastermouse]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hey guys,

I'm sorry if I was a bit 'out of control' last night - the worse the sleep deprivation gets, the less focused and worse my ADHD gets. If I offended anyone or ran anyone over in the conversation, I'm very sorry.

Chet

[Hans]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hey Chet,

I can only speak for myself, yesterday was good clean fun. Pebbles polishing one another. The heart of all we're doing here is and should be Zazen IMHO, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy playing around with idea-flowers in space once in while!

I'll tell you how the sesshin went on Friday

Gassho,

Hans

P.S. Just don't forget the walnut tree shell or no shell...

[disastermouse]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hey Chet,

I can only speak for myself, yesterday was good clean fun. Pebbles polishing one another. The heart of all we're doing here is and should be Zazen IMHO, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy playing around with idea-flowers in space once in while!

I'll tell you how the sesshin went on Friday

Gassho,

Hans

P.S. Just don't forget the walnut tree shell or no shell...

Something that you should be aware of that just doesn't come across in my communication style is that I'm often hyperbolic - so when I say things like 'So what?' and 'Who cares?' about the shell of the walnut, I'm not really daft enough to think they aren't important. In fact, they are so important that I DO want to do Jukai, sew a Rakusu, learn Oryoki, and the other 'rituals' of Zen. I just hope that they don't get so much screen-time that the real heart of the practice gets lost...and so sometimes I'm hyperbolic in defense of what, to me, is the heart of the practice.

*gassho*

Chet

[Hans]

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Heyho,

don't worry so much Chet. If you step on anybody's toes too much, I'm sure that person would dare to say "ouch"....or others might say "ouch" for him/her.

"Don't worry, be happy."
-Bobby McFerrin


Gassho,

Hans

[Rob_Heathen]

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Are we on again for this Sunday? I could use for some colorful language interspersed with intelligent thought, and I am sure I will be drinking tea around that time anyhow...

~Rob

[Tb]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Are we on again for this Sunday? I could use for some colorful language interspersed with intelligent thought, and I am sure I will be drinking tea around that time anyhow...

~Rob

Hi.

Yes.
Always here (or at skype...) (and not two by the way...).

And if you reading this want to join and i don't have your skype, please pm me beforehand and i'll add you to the list.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Tea is being served in 1 min, all welcome

Gassho
Shohei

[Tb]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hi.

Tea is up in 10 minutes.
If you want to join, we'll meet on skype as usual.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[disastermouse]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Did I miss it?

It's 5:30 Eastern.

[Dosho]

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Hey Chet,

Yeah, you did...as far as I know it's always been at 3pm.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hi Chet yeah sorry we missed ya :C. Thanks for joining in Dosho! Very nice afternoon chat all. See you all next Sunday.

Gassho
Shohei

[Dosho]

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Hi Shohei,

Yes, it was a very good conversation and I'm glad I worked through my nervousness! Thanks to all and hopefully I'll get to join in again soon.

Gassho,
Dosho

[KellyRok]

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I hope to be joining you all again very soon. I won't be able to participate this Sunday, but I'm hoping to make it in a couple weeks. I don't have a headset, so I guess I'll have to try getting one. We are moving very soon and will be staying in a hotel for quite some time until we find a new house to live in. We will be refugees for some time.

take care all,
Kelly-Jinmei

[Tb]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hi.

Just a post to say that we're on as usual.
And a reminder that if you want to get in and we've already started, please send me (or shohei) a line so we can let you in on the action.

Mtfbwy
Fugen