XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/11/2016 9:27 AM, djinn wrote:   
      
   > maybe the buddhists with seized minds have   
   > been bitten by a mental snake much like those   
   > fabled ninja stars that get tossed around.   
   >   
   > but maybe if their minds die because of it they   
   > can practice mindlessness or something as   
   > equally, spiritually enriching.   
      
   Opposites attract. People who are mindless   
   are attracted to mindfulness, as a forever   
   unfulfilled aspiration. They keep at it, but like   
   the horizon it keeps receding. As to Ninja   
   stars, they get tossed around to make people   
   bolt, in the fond hope that they would leave   
   themselves ajar for some awakening,   
   however little, perhaps little enough to fit a   
   snake's fang in, specially about themselves,   
   but usually in vain.   
      
   Ah! The best laid plans ...   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)