It seems it would be so nice to become a Zen Master... Its hard to be straight forward sometimes. You dont want to hurt people's feelings lol... or you dont want people to know exactly what you're feeling, so u beat around the bush n kinda sorta tell them whats going on. I guess when you are unattached to things, like it says Zen Masters are, you dont care about what people think of you, ...and when you want to be straigtforward to someone, but u think it might hurt their feelings, i think u still can but just let them know you really aren't trying to hurt their feelings.. ur just telling it like it is.
I like the analogy of the clam... "As soon as she opens her mouth, you can see her intestines." At first i wasnt sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing... but i think its good because its like saying you see the person's "true colors" , or who they are on the inside, who they are truely. They speak the truth and is "without deceit or delusion." Wouldn't it be nice if everyone was like this? lol
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I laughed so hard at your first line! It would be like, "Man, I'd love to be a Zen Master when I grow up." How funny!
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was interesting how you talked about what people think of you or what you don't want to show people - I didn't think of that when I was reading it, but it is so true. We're all worried about what people think of us no matter how much we think we don't. It'd be awesome if everyone was on the same page and just didn't worry about it!
I think the straightforwardness of a Zen Master is like seeing into the mind. The way they say things seems to be always about figuring things out from within. Of course it is honest but it is another way of looking at things and putting things in perspective.
ReplyDeleteI do think Stephen Mitchell's analogy of the comparison of a Zen Master to a clam is like seeing someone's "true colors" and that is a good thing because they are truthful and "open".