Comments on: shift-i http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/01/shift-i/ Sat, 19 May 2012 18:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Genju http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/01/shift-i/#comment-310 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:50:01 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1501#comment-310 “chaotic attachment” – that sure sums it up. I am amazed by the times I can now feel viscerally the conditioned habits of the past exerting itself. It truly is a choice to relapse or strengthen new habits. I’m also amazed by the times I just fall for that same old line I feed myself! Sheesh! If I were a fish, I’d be someone’s dinner!

]]> By: Barry Briggs http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/01/shift-i/#comment-308 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:49:58 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1501#comment-308 Thank you for this fine post.

The retort, “Form is emptiness” is a kind of Zen sickness, or Buddhist sickness, insofar as it avoids entering into genuine relationship with the felt experience of the other.

In my experience, it’s vitally important to understand our “past,” meaning the historical causes and conditions that have brought us to this moment. And, at the same time, we err if we allow that “past” to manifest in the present moment – through projection, paranoia, or any of the other very common modes of rigid or chaotic attachment.

If we can honor the past, without giving it free rein in the present, then we might dance a bit. That would be something!

]]> By: Suzanne http://108zenbooks.com/2010/02/01/shift-i/#comment-307 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:03:04 +0000 http://108zenbooks.com/?p=1501#comment-307 Very interesting ways of putting it all.

Ego is a convenience. When that kind of right-sizing is second nature, ego can just do its job.

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