Comments on: Bop for Peace! http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/11/20/bop-for-peace/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Brazil Ready For Action! http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/11/20/bop-for-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-297376 Blue Crab Boulevard » Brazil Ready For Action! Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:31:41 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2818#comment-297376 [...] UPDATE: Others feeling the love: Ace of Spades, Argghhh!, Sweetness & Light, The Sundries Shack, Don Surber, TigerHawk, The Belmont Club, Moonbattery, Hot Air, Blogs for Bush, Riehl World View, [...] [...] UPDATE: Others feeling the love: Ace of Spades, Argghhh!, Sweetness & Light, The Sundries Shack, Don Surber, TigerHawk, The Belmont Club, Moonbattery, Hot Air, Blogs for Bush, Riehl World View, [...]

]]> By: Tom1 http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/11/20/bop-for-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-297360 Tom1 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:09:42 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2818#comment-297360 A student of Zen enters the room of his master, who is deep in meditation. The student interupts and asks: "What are you doing?" "I am thinking." the master replies. "What are you thinking about?" "I am thinking about not thinking." "How does one think about not thinking?" "Without thinking." That may not help, but what the woman is talking about is the Zen state of "no-mind." It is not a trance, nor is your mind necessarily blank. You simply have no active thoughts. Your mind is not cluttered with thoughts of the bills that are due, how big the federal deficit is, what you did at work today, or what your dog did to the couch. Your mind is in a passive state. It actually takes a fair amount of practice to achieve this state. Most people never really achieve it. The closest they come is the fleeting seconds after orgasm when they are free of life's worries. So, what she is saying is not entirely unreasonable. The problem, of course, is that world peace is also one of those things about which you are not thinking. So in that sense, it seems pretty silly. What effect will this have? Probably the same as prayer, which is no direct effect at all. But it will be more fun. A student of Zen enters the room of his master, who is deep in meditation. The student interupts and asks:
“What are you doing?”
“I am thinking.” the master replies.
“What are you thinking about?”
“I am thinking about not thinking.”
“How does one think about not thinking?”
“Without thinking.”

That may not help, but what the woman is talking about is the Zen state of “no-mind.” It is not a trance, nor is your mind necessarily blank. You simply have no active thoughts. Your mind is not cluttered with thoughts of the bills that are due, how big the federal deficit is, what you did at work today, or what your dog did to the couch. Your mind is in a passive state. It actually takes a fair amount of practice to achieve this state. Most people never really achieve it. The closest they come is the fleeting seconds after orgasm when they are free of life’s worries. So, what she is saying is not entirely unreasonable. The problem, of course, is that world peace is also one of those things about which you are not thinking. So in that sense, it seems pretty silly.

What effect will this have? Probably the same as prayer, which is no direct effect at all. But it will be more fun.

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