XPost: alt.philosophy.zen, alt.zen, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: usagi@tsukino.ca   
      
   On 01/28/2012 08:10 AM, pi wrote:   
   > Tsukino Usagi wrote:   
   >> On 01/27/2012 10:04 AM, Sevenhundred Elves wrote:   
   >>> Tsukino Usagi wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 01/10/2012 01:15 AM, i2i wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "pi" wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:wZKdndLavP8Ok5bSnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>>>> i2i wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "pi" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>> news:pNmdnSdN-KBmT5fSnZ2dnUVZ_r-dnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>>>>>> i2i wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> "pi" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>> news:XpGdncJGwP4l3pfSnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>>>>>>>> Is enlightenment most of all a state of being free?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> pi   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> what else were you looking for ?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> The Truth.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> but the truth about what exactly ?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> what exactly do you mean?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> pi   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> what exact truth would   
   >>>>> satisfy your search ?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> could you recognize what you   
   >>>>> deem to be truth from the standpoint   
   >>>>> of the slippery human dilemma ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am a fully enlightened zen master. I can prove it. Go ahead, ask me   
   >>>> something only a fully enlightened zen master would know.   
   >>>   
   >>> How do you become a fully enlightened Zen master?   
   >>>   
   >>> S.   
   >>   
   >> Asking questions is a good start.   
   >> There's a lot of little things,   
   >> So attention to detail is also required...   
   >> You can train that by learning to read Chiense or Japanese -- just a   
   >> suggestion there, not a requirement. Although there are many cultural   
   >> cues you won't appreciate (as someone who doesn't know the language)   
   >> until you try.   
   >> Ultimately the best way to become a fully enlightened Zen master is to   
   >> already be one. But that would require you to act like one -- but, to   
   >> act like one before they became a fully enlightened Zen master. You're   
   >> trying to emulate their success, remember? That is the goal here, right?   
   >> Practice makes perfect.   
   >>   
   >> There's also a handful of secret techniques I will teach you if you pay   
   >> me. I won't discuss those here. But they can be had for free if you   
   >> dedicate your life to it, maybe, drop out of school like I did or forget   
   >> about normal work. Hmm. Maybe that is, in a way, one of the secrets. In   
   >> the immortal words of Japan's famous swordsmaster, "An art without Gokui   
   >> is not worth studying." Now, be a good little american and wake the fuck   
   >> up about all this, and you will be WELL on your way.   
   >>   
   >> Trust me.   
   >   
   >    
      
   There are many names for it. Some prefer cognitive dissonance. I prefer   
   Tolstoy syndrome. Just one of my idiosyncrasies, I suppose..   
      
   ganbarimashiyo~   
      
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