XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: cuddly@mindless.com   
      
   On 9/15/2016 5:50 PM, {:-]))) wrote:   
   >> Ummmmmmm wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> If we have only one life - surely we have to aim for the highest?   
   >>> Otherwise we let ourselves down.   
   >   
   > I might not know who anyone's, "we" happens to be   
   > when someone uses the first-person plural pronoun, nor why.   
   > Perhaps that one is seeking agreement   
   > for some insecurity.   
   >   
   > Realizing a view of how nothing matters,   
   > it doesn't matter how high or less than highest high one aims.   
   >   
   > When it is known there is no ultimate point nor purpose, one is free.   
   >   
   > Being entirely free of, "having to aim"   
   > one is free indeed.   
   >   
   > Being liberated can be totally liberating.   
   >   
   > Words, such as, enlightenment, freedom, liberation, et al   
   > might mean something, or other, given a deep ending.   
   >   
   > Knowing is a part of speech as it wells.   
   >   
      
      
   Very true. The dharma is not something to be dangling idle on   
   newsgroups.  It's something to seek to complete.  Buddhism is   
   pro-active. Leave the fucking burning house.  Get to understanding   
   what the causes and antidote to suffering.  Make samsara obsolete.   
   And go on to harder things to do in life.  Write your   
   book.  Go door to door for the Dems or for Bernie.  Paint, make music,   
   learn to make a great omelette.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)