Any Questions?

[Papoon]

No, remembering something is a creative act.

Wrong line of questioning.

LOL, yeah. Imponderable. Seems to me that the whole business is really upaya, as opposed to 'facts about consciousness, self and will'.
Just do this and things work out.
Which is totally cool.
I was just curious to hear how you would answer.

 

[crossfire]

Club crackers or Ritz crackers?

Both are delicious.

 

[Draka]

Both are delicious.

I'll accept that.

 

[EtuMalku]

Who shall build your boat?
Who shall fill your sails?
Who shall part the seas?
Who shall guide your way?

 

[crossfire]

Who shall build your boat?
Who shall fill your sails?
Who shall part the seas?
Who shall guide your way?

lol, Wrong question! (I sound like a broken record, huh?

 

[Brickjectivity]

If you could choose another life what might you choose?

The five elements of Taoism consist of two yin elements, two yang elements, and one neutral element.
There are also the Three Pure Ones.
The Three Jewels
The Three Treasures
and The Three Dantian

Thanks for those links. The 'Three Pure Ones' are determined systematically, so that is interesting.

 

[crossfire]

If you could choose another life what might you choose?

I have no idea!

 

[BSM1]

lol, Wrong question! (I sound like a broken record, huh?

If you could be a broken record which record would you be?

 

[crossfire]

If you could be a broken record which record would you be?

This album

 

[Rick O'Shez]

Do you meditate, and if so what kind of meditation is it?

 

[crossfire]

Do you meditate, and if so what kind of meditation is it?

Yes, I practice a wide variety of types of meditation, including Zazen, vipassana, moving mindfulness meditation, my own styles of Sadhanas, mindfulness immersed in the body, western style liber mmm, occasional chi gong, occasional tai chi when the need arises, practicing the various formless jhanas, and various experimental stuff. While I may practice a wide range of types of meditation, I'm not really a meditation junkie.

 

[Rick O'Shez]

Yes, I practice a wide variety of types of meditation, including Zazen, vipassana, moving mindfulness meditation, my own styles of Sadhanas, mindfulness immersed in the body, western style liber mmm, occasional chi gong, occasional tai chi when the need arises, practicing the various formless jhanas, and various experimental stuff. While I may practice a wide range of types of meditation, I'm not really a meditation junkie.

Similar to me actually, experimentation is fun! Could you say what "liber mmm" is?

 

[crossfire]

Similar to me actually, experimentation is fun! Could you say what "liber mmm" is?

It's a basic western meditation: motionless, fourfold breathing, no thought.

 

[Papoon]

This album

That's the coolest Jimi Hendrix album Jimi never made !
And I think it was probably major inspiration for SRV.

 

[Papoon]

Who is your favorite fiction writer ? Or maybe top 3. Or five.

 

[crossfire]

Who is your favorite fiction writer ? Or maybe top 3. Or five.

Piers Anthony
Frank Herbert
Graham Hancock

 

[crossfire]

That's the coolest Jimi Hendrix album Jimi never made !
And I think it was probably major inspiration for SRV.

Gotta love the blues!
Rumor has it that Robert Fripp took guitar lessons from Robin Trower.

 

[Papoon]

Gotta love the blues!
Rumor has it that Robert Fripp took guitar lessons from Robin Trower.

That wouldn't surprise me. Trower had ship loads of technique.

Here's something Fripp said re musicianship, and the classical approach of playing the notes written in the score -

"It's only about.... after 1820/1830 that the idea became current. When Mozart and the classical team went round with a new violin concerto to their friend the violinist, who lived down the road; he would have played it and taken it as a basis for playing it, he wouldn't have played it note for note - and if he had, Mozart would have said "Hey, pratfeatures, what're you doing, can't you do anything with this?"; and now it has the sanctity of Holy writ! "

He's a good sufi