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possible to channel beneficial cosmic energy through crystals, surely the men who mined them would live past forty and own the beds they died in. This New Age group was composed of decent, intelligent people whose spiritual development just happened to be arrested at a comic book level, somewhere between the Trickster and the Superman phase. Animals taught them their ethics, and the lesson was always the same: It's OK to fail. If you're sincere in your desire to improve, you'll be forgiven. (Coyote!) That was their lower bound. Their upper bound was the Superman/Hero evidenced by their reliance upon spirits, magic, astrology, and other pseudoscience to achieve their fuzzy goals. Caught between the Trickster and Superman phase, a person's consciousness cannot expand sufficiently for him to gauge the true extent of his knowledge. He doesn't know that he doesn't know. He says, "Ahah!" and, like a schoolboy with a hunch, thinks he understands everything. Mere coincidence is easily elevated to divine revelation. He is energized by his `discovery.' His reason is consumed in an intuitive flash. (This is one of the peculiar sideeffects of a genuine meditation experience.) Unfortunately, the ash of this combustion is often the emotional fertilizer which nourishes zealotry... the smug conviction, the need to proselytize. As all believers have, this New Age group had its dark night of the soul. Terrible days came when the dreaded Vortex effect of planetary alignment interfered with the cosmic flow. Cataclysms were predicted for their Earth Mother. Fortunately, they prayed around the clock and She was saved. May we sophisticated souls repose sanguine in the knowledge that we are safely above the fray of superstition? Are we sure that we have been permanently inoculated against voodoo's mumbo-jumbo and other paranormal infections? Let us consider the old tale of the lucky bank teller: One day Mr. Samuel P. Doe receives a strange, unsigned, personal letter: Dear Sammy, You don't know me but I know you very well. I never had anything to give you so I always had to stay in the background. But recently something wonderful happened to me. Sammy, I was given the gift of prophecy. I get glimpses of the future. It is a religious gift so I can't use it to benefit myself. But I can use it to benefit you. All I ask is that you don't tell anyone about it. Saturday night there is going to be a championship prizefight between Smith and Jones. Sammy, I have seen the future. Smith is going to win. Bet whatever you can on Smith and you will make yourself some money. That will make me very happy. (signed) Someone Who Cares CHAPTER 10 FIRST ZEN PRACTICE: THE 1:4:2 HEALING BREATH S EVENTH W ORLD O F C HAN B UDDHISM 100
Mr. Doe tells himself that he does not believe in such nonsense... but who is this person who has been in the background watching? Why did he send such a letter. There was no solicitation. The writer asked for nothing. Why is he so paternal? Good Grief! Mr. Doe resists the impulse to toss the letter into the trash. A day or so later he places a bet on Smith. He can hardly contain himself when, on Saturday night, he watches the victorious Smith don the Champion's belt and circle the ring. The money Mr. Doe has made is at the moment relatively unimportant. He feels `chosen'. Dare he believe that he is close to someone who has an inside track to God? Early the following week he receives another letter from the same benefactor. This letter informs him that Sunday's big professional football game between the Weasels and the Leopards will be won by the ones with spots. Bet heavily, he is advised. Can Mr. Doe cease salivating when the Leopards win returning him eight dollars for every three he wagered? It would take him months to earn the equivalent amount in salary. More, this is his personal money. He need share it with nobody. And it is tax-free! The gift is cornucopian. And the week after that sees the deliverance of yet another fortunate epistle. Bet on the Carbuncles to take the Diamondbacks in Sunday's contest! Mr. Doe is delirious as he secretly withdraws his life's savings. He sees himself sailing, without benefit of spouse, to Bora Bora... make that Singapore... No, Monaco. The Carbuncles come through for him and as he counts his money he renews his passport and gets vaccinated. A few more bets and he will be able to live like royalty. After all, has he not been indirectly singled out by God? How he trembles when, a week later, instead of a sure winner, he receives the following note: Dear Sammy, I've just gotten some bad news from my doctor. He tells me I need my large colon operated on or else I'll die in a few months. As you know, God is my life and because I serve Him, I am vowed to earthly poverty. So, I don't have the twenty thousand dollars the surgery and recovery will cost. I want to live if only to be able to continue helping you. So, if you have the spare cash and want to pay for my operation, fine. Send a cashier's check to me at the enclosed post office box address. But if you can't afford to help me, don't worry. I will die happy knowing that in some small way I was finally able to help you. (signed) Someone Who Has Always Cared Who would fail to provide that cashier's check? Who would doubt that this benefactor possessed supernatural power? Was not the evidence held in hand and deposited in secret safe deposit box? Mr. Doe can hardly be blamed for rushing to the aid of his Golden Goose. CHAPTER 10 FIRST ZEN PRACTICE: THE 1:4:2 HEALING BREATH S EVENTH W ORLD O F C HAN B UDDHISM 101
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THE SEVENTH WORLD OF CHAN BUDDHISM
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Table of Contents PART I: ORIGINS C
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As their population increased, so d
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from the womb of their Holy Mother
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fade quickly in early morning body-
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doctrine of Karma meant nothing les
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The other method of salvation, the
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As H.G. Wells reconstructs Siddarth
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CHAPTER 2 CHINA How wonderful! How
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in its concealed vitality, a new mo
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favor. (Unhappily, as we shall see,
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demand, or, perhaps, respectfully r
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demonstrated divine affection; and
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Believing that human nature was inh
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after a specific individual can, wh
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The Confucians also mocked the old
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Preferring to be absolutely certain
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male, earth and sky, dark and light
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As farmers, they of course studied
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emember. How much credence can we a
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Again, as there is no willful, exte
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CHAPTER 4 ORIGINS OF THE TWO MAIN S
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ecstatic beggars ambling through th
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As monasteries and shrines competed
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Page 51 and 52: When, however, the fellow failed to
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Page 55 and 56: intelligentsia sought refuge in Con
Page 57 and 58: She must have paid a fortune for it
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Page 61 and 62: with the cosmos - encounters which
Page 63 and 64: The name Devil comes from the wretc
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Page 85 and 86: CROSS-SECTION: MODEL OF PSYCHE The
Page 87 and 88: in which we simply live out the lif
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Page 95 and 96: CHAPTER 9 HIGH PRICE OF DESIRE It s
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Page 107 and 108: When evaluating dreams we must reca
Page 109 and 110: PART III: PRACTICE CHAPTER 10 FIRST
Page 111 and 112: Again, meditation requires that the
Page 113 and 114: Some people find it easier to count
Page 115 and 116: Zen is a branch of the Mahayana, an
Page 117 and 118: FIRST STEP ON THE EIGHTFOLD PATH CH
Page 119 and 120: Now, the question is this: Which ba
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Page 125 and 126: through his troubles. It's another
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Page 129 and 130: At the turn of the century, a famou
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Page 133 and 134: Insofar as these events concern our
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Of greater importance to the person
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Buddhists because it is virtually i
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1. Non-killing 2. Non-stealing 3. N
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Salesmen frequently have difficulty
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would not be able to perform such g
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CHAPTER 15 RIGHT LIVELIHOOD "The pr
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killing of animals being unambiguou
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SIXTH STEP ON THE PATH CHAPTER 16 R
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What if we don't have a whole house
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When we finally decide to get in sh
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By Right Effort we mean that we cre
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sanitized in translation and appear
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men and women involved would have q
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the gentle monk came outside and sa
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There is another revolving sensatio
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length of time he'll require. He pe
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Eventually he realizes that he is b
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"Are there any teachings which go b
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The rules which govern eating defy
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CHAPTER 19 RIGHT MEDITATION EIGHTH
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cannot describe either the rush of
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The hands may either be held high a
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for as long as possible - the durat
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OTHER FORMS OF MEDITATION The word
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Pay attention to one clock only. As
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volume and harmony until it seemed
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Fasting, never a gentle exercise, c
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So far, so good. The characters and
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What type of prayer is permissible?
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CONCLUSION I remember once being ta
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