Comments on: The Way of Unlearning http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/05/30/the-way-of-unlearning/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amy S. http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/05/30/the-way-of-unlearning/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Amy S. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:59:42 +0000 http://blendingzen.org/blog/?p=38#comment-118 as per the NOM discussion on death, here are my own baby steps. i predict one of two things will happen to me, whatever *me* means, at my death. i'll either enter into a forever nap, and my, oh my, that really sounds quite delightful. or i'll start on a new adventure, which i believe will be as full as love and goodness as my present adventure. i dunno which sounds better, but both sound fine and not worth any anxiety or fear. boundless love in an ongoing existence or a peaceful forever nap. i am pretty detached from a preference between the two, but i do need the story of the two. love the site. i'm not a huge zen lover, but i do appreciate many of the principles and see tons of things from a NOM point ov view. Amy S. (aka Queen Cheese) as per the NOM discussion on death, here are my own baby steps. i predict one of two things will happen to me, whatever *me* means, at my death. i’ll either enter into a forever nap, and my, oh my, that really sounds quite delightful. or i’ll start on a new adventure, which i believe will be as full as love and goodness as my present adventure. i dunno which sounds better, but both sound fine and not worth any anxiety or fear. boundless love in an ongoing existence or a peaceful forever nap. i am pretty detached from a preference between the two, but i do need the story of the two.

love the site. i’m not a huge zen lover, but i do appreciate many of the principles and see tons of things from a NOM point ov view.

Amy S. (aka Queen Cheese)

]]> By: greenfrog http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/05/30/the-way-of-unlearning/comment-page-1/#comment-117 greenfrog Sat, 31 May 2008 19:02:07 +0000 http://blendingzen.org/blog/?p=38#comment-117 Recently, I've begun to perceive the transition from a "normal" mindset to liberation as remarkably difficult for a one-step process ('let go'). For example, there are discussions at NOM at present that discuss fear of death. The way to alleviate the fear of death is to cease grasping out of the present and into the future. But almost the entirety of our society is oriented toward reinforcing the self/ego and grasping out of the present and into the future. It can seem an impossibly long single step to freedom. Recently, I’ve begun to perceive the transition from a “normal” mindset to liberation as remarkably difficult for a one-step process (‘let go’). For example, there are discussions at NOM at present that discuss fear of death. The way to alleviate the fear of death is to cease grasping out of the present and into the future. But almost the entirety of our society is oriented toward reinforcing the self/ego and grasping out of the present and into the future.

It can seem an impossibly long single step to freedom.

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