XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/12/2016 7:13 PM, awaken21 wrote:   
      
   > Tang Huyen:   
      
   >> If "the essence lies outside thought", to spout utter   
   >> nonsense would be an effective way to point at such   
   >> essence (though the word essence is not felicitous), by   
   >> way of reducing speech and thought to inanity.   
      
   > This is what happens when you read but never actually   
   > play the game. If spouting any old nonsense was useful   
   > to peace of mind politics would be the most enlightening   
   > activity. But no, that's not how it works. Words of the   
   > masters still have the context of the circumstances of   
   > the moment in which they were uttered, something   
   > masters are one with. Ignoring or not realizing that leads   
   > to statements like the one above.   
      
   It's all fluff, it's all creampuff, don't bother,   
   better just relax and be serene.   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)