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So I’m skeptical and cynical about the whole thing and it’s only if something seems to be genuine that I would pursue it. That’s why I’ve stuck with Zen for so long and not gone on to some other path with it.

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Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.
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Action Morality Real
I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he’s gonna be because every time he pops out of the water for a look around somebody is firing a missile at him. Buddha would probably have to act as a mediator between the people and Godzilla.
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Mean People Water
The thinking brain influences the body’s responses and it makes a neat little loop.
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Body Brain Thinking
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.
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Expectations Head Knows Thoughts
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
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Garden Light Tree
We always imagine that there’s got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere Else we all carry around in our heads.
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Believe Choices Else Somewhere
You won’t understand life and death until you’re ready to set aside any hope of understanding life and death and just live your life until you die.
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Death Life Live Understanding
Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we encounter – bliss or nonbliss – possesses a tremendous depth and beauty that we usually miss.
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Beauty Missing Practice
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.
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Buddhist Morality Wells
So I was first exposed to this guy Tim McCarthy, and he’s talking about Zen, but deeper than that he was a genuine person. I thought maybe he’s someone I can trust and follow this thing he’s talking about all the time.
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Genuine Guy Person Talking
As for enlightenment, that’s just for people who can’t face reality.
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Enlightenment People Reality
Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don’t match how they really are.
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Ideas Ought Suffering
I remember writing the post but not what I said specifically, so I’ll either repeat myself or say something completely different and baffle everybody.
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Different Remember Writing
What attracted me to Zen was my first teacher, Tim McCarthy. He was extremely genuine. It wasn’t even really a Zen thing, that sort of came along later.
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Firsts Genuine Teacher
Reality’s all you’ve got. But here’s the real secret, the real miracle: it’s enough.
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Miracle Real Secret
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that’s easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.
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Drama Real Strong

So I’m skeptical and cynical about the whole thing and it’s only if something seems to be genuine that I would pursue it. That’s why I’ve stuck with Zen for so long and not gone on to some other path with it.

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So I’m skeptical and cynical about the whole thing and it’s only if something seems to be genuine that I would pursue it. That’s why I’ve stuck with Zen for so long and not gone on to some other path with it.

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