Dr Who Duh wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 01:19:42 -0400, halfawake
yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>Peter Olcott wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Dr Who Duh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 10 May 2010 20:25:07 +0000 (UTC), oxtail
>>>>>
nowhere.org>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Hollywood Lee wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 5/10/2010 1:51 PM, Dr Who Duh wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 10 May 2010 13:44:47 -0600, Hollywood Lee
>>>>>>>>
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 5/10/2010 12:02 PM, Dr Who Duh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 10 May 2010 18:00:58 +0000 (UTC),
>>>>>>>>>>oxtail
nowhere.org>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Self is empty.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>your full of shit. (you just told me about it
>>>>>>>>>>remember)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Based on past behavior, you will likely not be able
>>>>>>>>>to develop a
>>>>>>>>>give and take dialogue of any sustained nature with
>>>>>>>>>oxtail. His
>>>>>>>>>pattern is simply to throw out declarative (and
>>>>>>>>>generally dogmatic)
>>>>>>>>>sentences, commands, or a rotating list of questions.
>>>>>>>>>All are
>>>>>>>>>heavily weighted with unstated assumptions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Early on, I was curious whether he would ever break
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>from this
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>pattern to engage in a more meaningful (from my
>>>>>>>>>perspective)
>>>>>>>>>dialogue and he did not. all in all, quite
>>>>>>>>>impressive, in much the
>>>>>>>>>same way fossilized dinosaur scat is impressive.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>his amnesia is his "skillful means" of avoiding the
>>>>>>>>prophecied
>>>>>>>>"crash" so do you think that is enough to stop him
>>>>>>>>"crashing"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>do you think he is really that .. twisted .. already?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The idea of a person crashing or not crashing is
>>>>>>>Tang's, not mine.
>>>>>>>Can fossils and parrots crash?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can a crash dummy be used as a sock puppet?
>>>>>
>>>>>how much does the puppeteer believe in his puppet?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>[quote]
>>>>Tenth Gate: Ko Bong's "Mouse Eats Cat Food"
>>>>
>>>>Seung Sahn visited his teacher, Zen Master Ko Bong, who
>>>>asked him many
>>>>difficult kong-ans which Seung Sahn answered easily. After
>>>>many
>>>>exchanges, Ko Bong said, "Alright, one last question. The
>>>>mouse eats cat
>>>>food, but the cat bowl is broken. What does this mean?"
>>>>
>>>>Seung gave many answers, but to each Ko Bong only said,
>>>>"No." Seung Sahn
>>>>became angry and frustrated, completely stuck. After
>>>>staring into Ko
>>>>Bong's eyes for 50 minutes, his mind broke open like
>>>>lightning striking.
>>>>
>>>>1. What is "kong-an"?
>>>>
>>>>2. What is "completely stuck"?
>>>>
>>>>3. The mouse eats cat food, but the cat bowl is broken.
>>>>What does this
>>>>mean?
>>>
>>>
>>>Time for a new cat bowl.
>>
>>Peter, you're good. Have you ever been stumped by a koan?
>>
>>Robert
>
>
> you're plastic. have you noticed that when you're a nice guy?
ha ha, you're the one who's transparent, ha ha ha. You are so jealous.
You never could handle me being nice to Peter. Why is that?
Peter's my spiritual brother; you just have to accept that.
Robert
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