Dan Millman: Way Of The Peaceful Warrior

[bobbyburns]

this thread has transformed into zen and the art of ... I'm hanging on here by almost nothing.

 

[Litany]

from a very young age I was conditioned to be self-conscious of my poor circulation. I don't want to embarass anyone.

That wasn't you this morning in the physiology lab was it? It was like squeezing blood from a stone, and then the stuff went and clotted.

 

[bobbyburns]

it could've been martin, fluffy bunny, mile-o-phile ... who knows? maybe even shaquille o'neal.

 

[bobbyburns]

or those two cooks, cain and abel.

 

[bobbyburns]

uh oh, you better pronounce that "kooks".

 

[Litany]

But we bled Shaquille O'Neal on Monday.

 

[bobbyburns]

I can't imagine that'd help his fadeaway three-point shot.

 

[bobbyburns]

he doesn't understand the intangible beauty of basketball. maybe some introspection would give shaq a sense of balance between himself, the ball and the rest of his environment. it's just zen.

one ball, one universe.

 

[Litany]

one ball, one universe.

But two baskets.

 

[bobbyburns]

we're looking at a tiny corner; that's not total awareness. we think in comparisons ... one basket, two baskets, &c. we only go so far, there's always some measurement. this creates an illusion and the mind separates itself from the rest of the universe that it has calculatively broken down.

 

[bobbyburns]

yadda yadda yadda. that's where zen comes in. nobody could care any less.

end of fucking story.

(let's close this thread down.)

 

[warm_enema]

I'll be the basket, or the ball, it doesn't really matter.

 

[Martin]

(let's close this thread down.)

Let's.

Cheers, Martin

 

[mediamst]

Book

This book actually was on the "New" table at Borders. Not really so new. I read this book back in high school and it really is a life changing book. I know I took something away from it and to this day (10 years later) still use some of the insight I gained from this book

 

[bobbyburns]

I'm glad to hear that.