Christmas, family, friends, fieds, oh and a burglary...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

the_leander wrote:
You honestly think that if I were to meet them that they'd survive the encounter? Zen I may be but I'm also realistic in dealing with my feelings ;-)

Then you're honestly, not Zen
Zen is more like standing behind the line, seeing life as a whirlwind come by.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

the_leander wrote:
It is however something I aspire to.

heh, yeah, me too,
but I think for zen, you have to become a different person (in fact, becoming a buddha), I mean, it's THAT thorough. I don't think you can be halfway zen, or choose this or that I'll be zen but not for that and that.

If you can understand what I'm writing here :lol:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

the_leander wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

the_leander wrote:
It is however something I aspire to.

heh, yeah, me too,
but I think for zen, you have to become a different person (in fact, becoming a buddha), I mean, it's THAT thorough. I don't think you can be halfway zen, or choose this or that I'll be zen but not for that and that.

If you can understand what I'm writing here :lol:

You may well have a point - I suspect however that I have far too many skeletons in my closet to deal with to ever reach such a height. But still I strive to better myself, and maintain some level of balance against my own instincts.

it's not AGAINST your own instincts, it's more like having an almost physical distance between your instincts, I mean, you have instincts, but you know them, predict them, and these do not affect your thoughts, and not your actions.

But I'm not a buddhist monk so, I can be wrong :-)