More Zen

[nadriel]

Feeling thoughtful, and still in a very odd mood, so I thought I'd get some more philosophy things down...been reading some more Zen koans recently, and I thought I'd share.

A monk asked Kegon, "How does an enligthtened one return to the ordinary world?" Kegon replied, "A broken mirror never reflects again; fallen flowers never go back to the old branches."

I sometimes feel that way- I can't go back to the way things were.

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A Sermon On Ethics & Love [Taken From The Principia]

[mapp.livejournal.com]

One day Mal-2 asked the messenger spirit Saint Gulik to approach the Goddess and request Her presence for some desperate advice. Shortly afterwards the radio came on by itself, and an ethereal female Voice said YES?

"O! Eris! Blessed Mother of Man! Queen of Chaos! Daughter of Discord! Concubine of Confusion! O! Exquisite Lady, I beseech You to lift a heavy burden from my heart!"

WHAT BOTHERS YOU, MAL? YOU DON'T SOUND WELL.

"I am filled with fear and tormented with terrible visions of pain. Everywhere people are hurting one another, the planet is rampant with injustices, whole societies plunder groups of their own people, mothers imprison sons, children perish while brothers war. O, woe."

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THAT, IF IT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?

"But nobody Wants it! Everybody hates it."

OH. WELL, THEN STOP.

At which moment She turned herself into an aspirin commercial and left The Polyfather stranded alone with his species.

[nachtherr.livejournal.com]

Why do you want to go back to the 'way things were'? It doesn't sound like you were any happier. Is it something to do with 'better the devil you know'?

Personally the way it was, is gone. The way it will be, will be. What matters is the way it is now. Concentrate on maximising the now and all else will follow. Enough pseudopsycobabble from me - better get some work done!

And how much longer can you drag out networking one PC I ask myself *LOL*

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

It's partly what you said, and partly that occasionally I wish for the innocence and simplicity of youth. However, since I stopped being innocent around the age of 8, I'd have to go back quite a way. So I won't bother, and instead I'll see how the future unfolds into the present.

And considering that I'm wiping the PC down completely and reinstalling from scrath, the answer is a few hours, assuming nothing goes wrong...

[nachtherr.livejournal.com]

You could stretch it out for half the day then ;o) Or would you rather be at your desk reading/updating LJ *LOL*

I must not be distracted by LJ, must workj harder, must work harder, must *fizzle pop,funky blue St Elmo effects around head*.

Pass me another work ethic, this one's split!!

[nadriel.livejournal.com]

You underestimate me- once I get past a certain point in the install process, I can read LJ stuff from the computer I'm rebuilding... :-)