here's link to Redhttp://antebellumgallery.blogspot.com/2011/05/dedication-to-red.html?zx=4cce84fae51e29ec, better link picturehttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1a7HRuwzLVM/TdXumu1av-I/AAAAAAAAKfo/RiWFy8qN3Vk/s1600/Red%2BIn%2BFront%2Bof%2B%2BStore.jpg. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! Examples: Monday, today, last week, Mar 26, 3/26/04.
analogy with George Carlin…. This is from Theravadan tradition.
But somehow I dont like the insistence that the teacher is the only way. I love charles bukowski. 5 years ago. I don't see any reason why this type of person can't exist in the zen world.
*enlightenment, realization, awakening, understanding is essentially that first awareness you are alive – somewhat immediately after taking your first breath… then it happens again when you realize (around age 7) you are a independent entity… then it happens again when (usually around age 14) you realize you are dependent – and have a rebellion to the same – and it happens again when you see all things connected and dependent (age 21 to 36, for most).
I pick out people's good and follow it. Have you ever read David Foster Wallace? If I may chime in … here is a link on DFW about humor http://tinyurl.com/Dfwhumor.I think it relates well to the poster who didn't think Louis is funny but a sad clown.
This 'self' does not exist in the way we generally think it to and perceive it to… so, I wouldn't discount the whole 'anatta/no-self' thing off hand. '”, Anonymous said… Anonymous said, "My penis is almost cartoonishly long. We are already ourselves. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I thought it was a brilliant and very apt connection.
There is also some peace to be had in accepting that we cannot control their minds for them, nor their karmic path. He didn't copy Carlin's offstage behavior. DFW, Infinite Jest, et al, er, go read Gravity's Rainbow.. Lewis drew the connection between what Louis C.K.
How come when Mysterion disappears, Gniz starts posting a lot? I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest how they “ought to be.” And I certainly have no interest in fixing them. As should he. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. If Carlin had had a lineage to pass on, he would have been right in passing it on to Louis C.K.". Did that Buddha fella have a teacher? It can't be it. IMHO, "Dropping off the self as a promise of enlightenment to the self… what 'self' is left to 'get it'? I think Louie C.K. I think I am, therefore I am… I think. My mother always resisted our having pets and would say it was because her beloved guinea pigs were eaten by rats when she was a kid. Your email address will not be published. I'll never go back . And yet he learned the deeper truth embedded in Carlin's work and he learned how to make that truth his own.
Louie C.K. Thanks again Not Brad. Maybe too much.
I'm talking like 17 inches. Another very good recent read was Charlie Huston's The Mystic Art of Erasing All Signs of Death. became himself as a comedian, found his own voice. ", I seriously distrust anyone who comments, "shame on you." Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. says in this clip and the idea of having a teacher in Buddhism.
But we do it anyway. Only from peaceful and controlled minds. He pressed his tongue against his palate to try to restrain his mind until the perspiration poured from his armpits. That way, I feel, I stand a better chance of understanding the text, unhindered by the efforts of an intermediary wanting to do the work for me; to save me the bother of 'getting it wrong'. Thats a "black cave of phantoms.". Favorite writers of fiction are Philip K. Dick and Kurt Vonnegut. You may also like. ... Stand-up comedian George Carlin says the big time bullshit department is religion and god needs money.
I don't understand why we constantly run in this circle about whether Buddha studied with a teacher or not. In many ways, George Carlin reminds me of that other US intellectual (and academic) Howard Zinn (1922-2010), who was a confirmed ‘Trotskyite’.
Everyone has their own right posture but without instructions you cannot find it. It feels to me that most (perhaps not all) teachers say that Zen and "spiritual practice" in general points us back to just being ourselves. He was not a Marxist, he was not a Marxist-Leninist, he was not a Socialist, and he certainly was not a Communist. Sure, he might have watched some George Carlin tapes or whatever, but basically he's self taught. If you are in another country check what that means for you time-wise.
~ George Carlin. Lewis drew the connection between what Louis C.K. But neither that view, nor any other, can express the actual/real situation. View all posts.
An observation by George Carlin: We worry about ourselves (and loved ones) all the time. I agree that Zen and other meditation-oriented sects work best when a reputable and experience instructor is there to help guide you. ( Log Out / Click on "Watch later" to put videos here, Your email address will not be published.
What Louis C.K. If everything is drawn on graph paper, it's like seeing the graph paper. All this diatribe is rightwing mythology that falsely presents the White race as being a victim of its own historical racism and criminality. There is a part of me that misses him out of attachment, but I also know that this is looking backward rather than forward, and the past does not even exist. There is no point in even wanting him to still be a kitten, healthy or not. One day our compassion will be bliss, but even if it is now mixed with minds that cause some sadness – such as fear, worry, and attachment – it is still better not to shrink away from getting involved with others. This is what I wrote down at the time. Is all of this talk about "no self" just mental masturbation? He was born May 12, 1937, in New York City into an Irish Catholic family, but he rejected the faith.
I am not averse to it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. I keep on reading if you don't have a teacher it aint going to work and if you really were serious you would find one, etc.
Buddhist meditation applied to our everyday lives…. Trotskyism has historically defined itself around a (false) agenda of sullying the reputation of Marxist-Leninism, and the history of the Soviet Union. The Dead Void heretic floats in theSamadhi bliss.
As his flesh shrank, the bones almost stuck out of his skin so that he could touch his spine from the front; after sitting on the ground his imprint looked like a camel's footprint."http://www.san.beck.org/EC9-Buddha.html.
In many ways, George Carlin reminds me of that other US intellectual (and academic) Howard Zinn (1922-2010), who was a confirmed ‘Trotskyite’. The Buddhist scriptures all say it is a peaceful, happy mind, but how does it feel in our own experience? So now you're comparing yourself to the fictional Buddha, Mark? Submission to authority figures of whatever religious stripe seems unwise, although having someone around to check on mechanics isn't a bad idea. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Articles and Essays by Nishijima Roshi, 13. 3, 20. Here’s an excerpt from the preface of his book, Brain Droppings:
He wasn’t a comrade, he was a cynic. How to get out of bed when you’re feeling hopeliess, Learn to meditate @home during a pandemic, Control your thoughts or they’ll control you, Pausing in the pursuit of happiness to be happy, Saying bye bye to the painful, limited self. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.". 1 … Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I say we VOTE!! That's just how the real world works outside the fishbowl, folks. Escape the carousel of thought and you can flush this goddamn zen right down the shitter. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or sign contracts during this time. from Anon #108's pdf link:"…and so he decided to give no more lectures.". Reminds me of something from the Analects of Confucius: "[7:22] Confucius said: 'When three men are walking together, there is one who can be my teacher. But, I think I'll just sit anyway. George Carlin was not a working class intellectual, but rather an intellectual in the service of the Bourgeois State.
His take on ‘class’ within a capitalist society is ‘flawed’ and ‘non-Marxist’. Religious Crap. Or is it that when I start posting a lot, Mysterion disappears? Impossible.
Modeling him for his own consumption. The teacher is not it. I just read a great review and will grab it tomorrow. 2, 19. Better to sit with your back straight in a room with other practitioners and leave all that teacher nonsense behind. ), whilst the ‘middle’ class does all the work and pays most of the taxes (?). The other day this video popped up on my Facebook page: Those of you who aren’t seeing that link, click here or type http://youtu.be/R37zkizucPU into your browsers.
Get rid of your delusions. The student HAS to do the work, has to see the things and have the understandings on an experiential level. It held up well.
There's a Charlie Rose interview with DFW and the guy just can't sit still. How is it even possible to be happy or calm when caring about the horrible suffering of others? Stand-up comedian George Carlin says the big time bullshit department is religion and god needs money. Areyou Ken Wilber? It slightly irked me when she did this, as I really wanted pets and had to make do with collecting ants and cocoons; but I understand her reluctance better now. ALL IN FAVOR OF MYSTERION AND BRAD SAY ( I ). There were some moments that felt very distinctly buddhist, though I can't remember specifically right now. Buk wrote about Red and stocked him full of his books.