Buddhists Make Me Violent

[dakinigrl]

Recently I saw a new documentary film about Zen Chef Ed Brown from Tassajara Mountain Retreat Center and one of the founders of Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. He is a large caucasian man I could easily picture as a convict somewhere, making license plates and carving primitive tattoos into his cell mates' arms. Instead he drills mindfulness

Comments

[reveritas]

Wow, Daki!

This made me laugh hard and kind of wince at the same time. meep! I love it, though. And you!

[dakinigrl]

::::samooch:::: love you too, darling gal. yay laughter and wincing together! With marmalade.

I'm not even going to word this carefully and the interent is going to kill me.

[jackshoegazer]

You're right though - and it's not just Buddhists, but many of the New Agey peeps who think their "spiritual enlightenment" has made them some sort of always-happy/self-righteous/quiet-talking bastards.

So often people stumble onto The Path and go a little ways, uncover and identify some of their demons and then stop because OMGIMSOENLITENED! And really, all they have done is unburied the demons and now they are GIANT AND FREE and worse - the people think that they are better, more evolved because of it. Which makes them EVIL. Whispery, insufferable EVIL.

Speaking softly is crapola. The goal should not be to still the ocean but to learn to surf.

Re: I'm not even going to word this carefully and the interent is going to kill me.

[ruthless1]

"The goal should not be to still the ocean but to learn to surf."

Beautifully said.

Re: I'm not even going to word this carefully and the interent is going to kill me.

[dakinigrl]

exactement, mon ami. learn to surf, indeed.

omgimsoenlitened... hee. i will giggle about that all day.