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03-15-2008, 12:46 PM
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Making Sense
Life makes sense only if the transcendent enters into the moment. For nothing transitory has true reality, hell is the endless continuity of existing conditions, and human aspiration cannot be realized within the bounds of the phenomenal world. In me, the transcendent becomes local and the local transcendent.
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 Many torches, one Light.
Last edited by Rolling_Stone; 03-15-2008 at 11:02 PM. 
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03-15-2008, 09:35 PM
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That makes no sense.
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Illusion means being deluded about enlightenment; enlightenment is being enlightened about illusion. - from 'The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo' Brad Chat
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03-15-2008, 11:03 PM
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There. I made some changes. Not as poetic, but making more sense.
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03-16-2008, 01:08 AM
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You're making some very large metaphysical assumptions, which are quite easily debatable. For instance, why does nothing transitory have no reality? It's real even if it changes or lasts a short time, yeah? I'm not the same guy I was last year, but I promise you I'm real. I can punch you in the nose to prove it.
 And why can't human aspiration be realized within the bounds of the phenomenal world? The phenomenal world is all we're ever gonna get. And it seems that we have aspirations and that at least some of them are realized.Ah, metaphysics....
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03-16-2008, 05:14 AM
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 In the Sunstone we trust.
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03-16-2008, 05:16 AM
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Good luck with that one.
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen.
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#7
03-16-2008, 12:07 PM
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[quote=Willamena;1098600]RS, what is "the transcendent"? I think I understand, and that my understanding is the inverse of this, but I'm not sure. [quote] The One Quote:
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Many torches, one Light.
Last edited by Rolling_Stone; 03-16-2008 at 12:12 PM.
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03-16-2008, 01:14 PM
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It is often better to say nothing and have people think you a fool, rather than open ones mouth, removing all doubt.
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It is true that the early bird gets the worm, however, it is the second mouse, that gets the cheese.
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03-16-2008, 03:05 PM
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