tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post6158879331265158907..comments2024-02-21T08:09:35.889-08:00Comments on ZenDotStudio: The Living DharmaZenDotStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-83923754333138314432009-01-07T13:19:00.000-08:002009-01-07T13:19:00.000-08:00Wow! I have so much to learn from the both of you...Wow! I have so much to learn from the both of you. Om,OmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444974108234484859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-90980224901459796082009-01-06T17:40:00.000-08:002009-01-06T17:40:00.000-08:00Joko Beck, one of my favourite Zen authors has a b...Joko Beck, one of my favourite Zen authors has a book called "Nothing Special." so I think you've hit the nail on its metaphorical, pointy little head! Really the essence of any spiritual or humanistic practice is the same isn't it?<BR/><BR/> And what you say is so true. Really our limitations are our grist for the mill, the raw material. Strangely the more suffering there is in our life the ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-73116766550285843362009-01-06T13:11:00.000-08:002009-01-06T13:11:00.000-08:00i heard this inside myself just now: "zen is not s...i heard this inside myself just now: "zen is not special, and it doesn't make us anything special. it can help us realize that within our very limitations as human beings we can still strectch beyond our previous limitations. we can then extend compassion to ourselves and others even in the most difficult situations."<BR/><BR/>"our very limitations as humans is part of what makes us great. to Steve Morozumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604421575007217938noreply@blogger.com