tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7547922743230224261..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Motivation and Illusions in PracticeNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-76467707507116729222009-10-02T22:32:18.474-07:002009-10-02T22:32:18.474-07:00Why practice? I think the comment my teacher made...Why practice? I think the comment my teacher made once sums it up for me "Once you've seen a ghost, you can't pretend you haven't."<br /><br />What else is there to do really? Could you stop after you've started? What would life be like then?<br /><br />It seems to me that practice makes life fuller and richer and as Pema Chodron says "gives us a bigger containerZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-74282194458923085132009-10-02T15:57:51.744-07:002009-10-02T15:57:51.744-07:00@Kris - I do sit down and look at my mind, almost ...@Kris - I do sit down and look at my mind, almost every day. Sometimes more than once a day. :)<br /><br />@spldbch - I totally agree that technology and online has it's place in our practice. <br /><br />@Kyle - yeah, I think your right on about holding two answers or understandings together. To not get stuck in either one or the other.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-8294484973662985432009-10-02T14:29:49.763-07:002009-10-02T14:29:49.763-07:00Sit down an look at your mind.Sit down an look at your mind.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11518981252382574336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-65230291340276943332009-10-02T13:06:46.743-07:002009-10-02T13:06:46.743-07:00You are right, no matter what, we always have anot...You are right, no matter what, we always have another kind of goal in our practice.<br /><br />I think that is why my zen teacher always said try without trying, be without being, sit without sitting.<br /><br />I think there are two answers to why bother, and this might be a zen thing as you know. Relative answer is....well could be a million things. The absolute answer is 'no reason'. Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14925360776637168540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-54100159810907677332009-10-02T12:28:03.657-07:002009-10-02T12:28:03.657-07:00I think the images we get of people we see in real...I think the images we get of people we see in real life -- not just on television, online, in books, etc. -- are just illusions as well. With few exceptions, most of us interpret the world through our egos' projections. It is rare that we see a person for who he or she really is -- in order to do this we must spend time being fully present with that person, without judging, simply observingspldbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505641654468777964noreply@blogger.com