Sean asked:


Think of this as a more zen question, a spiritual question,

imagine your soul in your body committing mutiny,

would that be

bad?

Aaron

queentinkb asked:


There was one actress that had a lady do zen chi or something like that to her house to see if it was livable. Some spiritual thing, anyone know what that is called?

Jonathan

deirdrefaith asked:


Okay, I am very fortunate in some area’s in my life.
I do work, but only 3 PT jobs.
My problem IS, the two closest friends I have are really busy w/opposite schedules then myself, so it’s always a blessing when our schedules fit so we can go somewhere GREAT [like to NYC/Manhattan, ect.--art museums/whatever]
And the other closest friend of mine doesn’t have the same interests as me.
SO back to square one,lol~WHERE do I find folks to participate w/me w/some long time interests I’ve never done yet, but WANT to try!! For example: zen meditation/spiritual growth w/that
Taking a painting class
it seems hard to “branch out of my circle” of friends I have now.
I guess I have to start somewhere
What did you do if you experienced something similiar as me?
Do U feel the same sometimes in your life too?
TY
:o)

WILLIAM

SallyBeans asked:


I am a former born-again Christian - yes former (bring it on, people, I can handle it). I have also dabbled in being Catholic. I believe that I am a very spiritual person but I’m not sure Christianity is for me. I like the principles of Zen but I like some of the traditions of Christianity. I do believe in Jesus but I do not necessarily believe in the virgin birth or Christ’s divinity. I do believe that Jesus was a great spiritual leader, though. I wouldn’t mind becoming involved with a church just for the human interaction. I believe in the homosexual movement. I do not believe that abortion is always wrong. I believe that women can have high positions in religion. I’m quite liberal.

Any serious answers are appreciated. While I understand and respect the beliefs of all, I’d prefer not to be insulted with the notion that I am going to hell or that I am in need of some intense prayer. I know, I’m lukewarm….I’m a backslider.

Anyway, thanks in advance.

Alyssa

metazone asked:


The Zen master/teacher at one of the Zen monasteries in the U.S. spoke about an incident when he was a student. He had this anger in him about something and, when he saw his old Zen teacher walking towards him, he quickly put on a serene, spiritual face. When he passed the teacher, he bowed and gave a serene smile. When the teacher was 3 steps past him, the teacher made a puking sound because he saw through the delusion and the mask. This made the student even angrier. But it ultimately allowed him to see the ego masks that we put on and to see what he was doing. Can anyone relate in their daily lives?
Pangel — It means that we all manufacture a self concept that we use to both fool ourselves and others. And that this self concept is an ideal that we manufacture. And that subscribing to this and trying to adhere to it is the problem. We try to be the spiritual, wise, loving person. Or the rich, mannered person. Or the humble person. Whatever — it’s all manufactured Instead, whatever arises and whatever is — just let it be.

Eric

Jack asked:


For example Zen, Tibetan, Theravada, etc. Which one have you found to be the best for you in your spiritual journey? I’m a 16 year old and I want to be a Buddhist, but I’m not sure which one yet. I’m leaning towards Tibetan.

Jackson

Jack P asked:


I’d be interested in hearing from Taoists, Buddhists, you East Indians of any persuasion, about what you know of spiritual healing among your faiths.

Reiki, of course, originated in Japan, and it’s almost a marriage of Zen and Christianity. I’m aware enough of Reiki not to be dying to know more [I'm a master Reiki practicioner, among other things].

But there’s not much written about such matters among, say, Tibetans, Mongolians, Burmese, Malasians, etc.

Do you know of any written materials translated to English arising from the spiritual healers of your religions?

Thanks for your replies.

Christians, Mormons, Muslims [except Sufis] and athiests please don’t respond.
Thank you, some call me E. I see you have a reading problem, or a boundary problem. I’m not interested in Christian viewpoints for the purposes of this question. Be a good Christian and respect my wishes in the future.

Thanks,
J
Thanks Don. Maybe someone who knows something about them will attempt to answer. There’ll be plenty of time and space for it, because I plan to be spending some time here on religion and spirituality discussing it with people of like mind.

thanks for the reply
Thanks Monty54. I’m familiar with Christian Science and I might ask a question about it in the future. For the moment, and for the purposes of this question my interest is mainly in Eastern Religions.

Thanks, J
Thumbs-up to all three of you.
Excellent and informative reply, Emma’s Child. I’m obliged to you for the post and for all the links.

Gracias,
Jack

Carlos

Starjumper the Dingleberry again asked:


My cousin was in Korea for a while, and came back full of enigmatic responses. Listen to this, and see if you can understand.
An American goes to a Zen monastary to learn all there is to know about Zen and the way of life of the monk (excuse my ignorance if Zen’s spiritual leaders are not called monks…I don’t know what they are called.) Anyway, he sits down with the eldest monk who begins talking to him about Zen. The American keeps interrupting him saying ‘In America we do this…” “In America we do that…” etc. The monk gets up and offers the American tea. When he comes back he puts a full cup of tea in front of the American, while he himself has an empty one. He pours some tea into his own cup and then pours more into the American’s cup. It begins to overflow,and the American protests. The monk looks at him and says…”how do you expect to drink my tea, if your cup is already full?”
your thoughts?

Joshua