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++ It is the thirtieth day of the tenth month of the 105th year since aliens + were freed from oppression in a land that produces green grapes, with the help + of G!D, who reminds these aliens not to oppress other aliens among them, since + they know what it is like to be oppressed, in the land that produces green grapes, + themselves. +
++ Dead tree, +
++ from the writer: 'When they say, prophet, "Give us a sign!" say this, O prophet, " + the signs are for G!D, who is Lord of lords, + Ruler of the Universe, the Almighty One, + to reveal to those whom He chooses. And G!D reveals the Unseen in stages.' (from Scriptures + that some call 'the Quran'). And G!D is the All-knowing, All-seeing + and All-hearing, who knows the hearts and minds of men.. women... people + who may or may not have a spiritual life in them, according to the will + of G!D. + +
+Dead tree, how old were you when you died? [what's your name?] + Do [Oh] you have children? who were your parents? Who killed you? + Or was it a natural death? +
+Very little makes sense in my world, dead tree. +
+Some part of me is thinking [or thinkin' or think'n] + what to do with your killer, if you were killed. Another part of + me accepts that this small mind is unable to understand everything + everything about you and your death. +
++ I'm sighing. If people do kill trees, why + do they do it? And how can they be stopped from + doing so? +
+My Zen teacher [who is practising the Sanbo tradition of + the Zen traditions, which may (or may not) + have a tradition that is unknown to me, (why + do I say that? + I am not a man of great wisdom. How can I know + whether there is a tradition that is being + practised or not, or is Zen or not?) + that include the Soto tradition and the Rinzai tradition. + And G!D knows what is Zen, and I do not know. Yes, + G!D knows, and I do not know. +
+from the writer: 'Interestingly enough,
+ it is a known saying among those who are related or
+ associated to Zen, that the student that is just
+ as bright as the teacher can pass down, or impart,
+ fifty percent (that is, half of a whole thing. half
+ of a thing that is whole
+ ) of what
+ the teacher teaches. The student has to be brighter
+ than the teacher, for what the teacher is passing down
+ through the student to be passed down in full.' (laughing.
+ huk-huk-huk-hur-herk)
+ Jesus (who called himself the Son of Man) said, 'Truly,
+ truly, I tell you, those who believe in Me shall
+ do the same works as I, and even those greater than
+ these.' :-)
+ (as has been recorded in Scriptures)
+
+
My [']Zen['] [']teacher['] would tell me to count my breath. +If I have time for these thoughts, I'm not spending all I have + on counting my breath, according to him. +
++ from the writer: "As it is written, in Scriptures: 'Men love + to be called 'teacher', 'Rabbi', 'Leader', 'Instructor', 'sensei', + 'Pastor', and so on and so forth, but- (greeted in market-places, + they love to be, too. And given the best seats in public, love they. + And honourable places in synagogues or places where hierarchy or + a so-called 'chain of command' or an authority or power + distribution is obvious. Or just to have their 'name' displayed before the world, + they love. Or ranking. Or display of their so-called 'level of power' or + 'power level' or place among rank and file.) But, you: do not desire + to be called 'Rabbi', 'Instructor', 'Alpha' or 'Omega' or so on and so + forth, because you have only one Instructor or Teacher, and that is the + Christ, the one who has the Name. And all of you are brethren, or + kin, or brothers and sisters. (And there is only one Alpha, and only + one Omega. + Who is He? As it is written in Scriptures, the LORD G!D says, 'I am the First + and the Last. I am the Alpha and the Omega. Who then is like me? Who was + with me when I created the Heavens, or separated land from sea, with Wisdom? + Is there one who is like me? No, I know no other Rock. I know no other Stone. + I know no other god.' LORD G!D saying, 'Who among you can tell what will happen tomorrow? + Gather your diviners and tea-leaf-readers and fortune-tellers and palm-readers, + and let us sit and argue the case.'" +
++ I'm idling.