It is weird that this piece should arrive today for it was during my meditation today, after a little over 20 years of meditation, that I realized some of what is said above.. I love being ordinary. I make the mistake, and sometimes go too far, and want to be no one going nowhere. It would not be a mistake if I simultaneously realized that being no one means being no separate person and that I am clearly connected to everyone and everything much more than being separate from everyone and everything. It is also weird because I told my wife about my meditation experience today (telling her a little over an hour ago) what makes Zen Buddhist practice so extraordinary is that it is being so ordinary. I mention Zen for what I say yet I believe what is mentioned in this peace and. is true for all facets of Buddhism and is probably true for Hinduism.. Christianity of the type practiced by Thomas Merton ( and Robt. Kennedy S.J.) and Islam, Jewish, and Taoist practice, at a most basic level probably experienced the same as do all wise and compassionate people.Thank you Somik and thanks for the opportunity to respond. Warm and kind regards to everyone.
On Feb 21, 2013 Conrad P. Pritscher wrote :