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Ching Ch'ing, a Chinese Ch'an master, asked a monk:
-What is the sound outside?
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-That is the sound of rain.
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-Sentient beings are upside down, they lose themselves in pursuit of things.
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		Posted on Nov.24.2022 @ 12:50PM EDT by Avisitor I remember when Zen forum international was very popular. Then, the owner or host decided not to continue It then went to another forum And soon that shut down So what happened to all those people? Here is a perfect place for them
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Reply from Avisitor Nov.26.2022 12:25AM EDT →Email Avisitor		The world is a strange place. One forum closed and the people need a place to go Here is a forum with all the needed space And not one person seeks to come here. What a world.
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Reply from so_teh Dec.05.2022 09:07PM EDT →Email so_teh		Zen has talked about the world being topsy-turvy. Then and now. Make your mental acceptance of this a simple acceptance. So it's been like this. It's more amplified now. But that shouldn't make you too much more emotional about it.
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Reply from Avisitor Dec.06.2022 07:46PM EDT →Email Avisitor		Not emotional Just stoic Standing out in a crowd is not for me I just blend in
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Reply from so_teh Dec.07.2022 06:22PM EDT →Email so_teh		The void will always make people weird. Because they interpret nothing into something. Just identify the void as void. Then go with your flow.
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Reply from Avisitor Dec.09.2022 01:01AM EDT →Email Avisitor		My flow has a purpose of its own Body has its desires And mind has its desires Trying to dismantle such things do nothing but build them up Letting go lets them relax into nothingness Strange how that works Anyway, I am working on myself but not getting far
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Reply from so_teh Dec.13.2022 09:49PM EDT →Email so_teh		This year consumerism has increased so much. I don't know what that means. If the universe is always finding balance. Maybe it's neither bad nor good. If all things are within that balance. To neither extreme. Things as they are, as it is.
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Reply from Avisitor Dec.13.2022 11:46PM EDT →Email Avisitor		Balance is a great idea It helps us figure the unknown of an equation from knowing what we have here and now. But, when faced against the unknown without balance and any idea of balance then we float about in unchartered space. Not knowing which way is up or down, we become lost even to ourselves.
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Reply from Avisitor Dec.25.2022 06:03PM EDT →Email Avisitor		Nature abhors a vacuum? Thought I heard that said somewhere But, what else is out there is space between the galaxies?
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Reply from so_teh Dec.31.2022 05:40PM EDT →Email so_teh		Happy New Year to you brother. Smile more in the moments of sadness. And dance more in the moments of happiness.
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Reply from Avisitor Jan.01.2023 01:22AM EDT →Email Avisitor		Hey, thanks for the warm wishes. Happy New Year to you also. All one can ask for is a happy life Whether one has a happy life or not, I do not know. Finding out I don't know lots of stuff.
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Reply from Avisitor Jan.14.2023 12:21PM EDT →Email Avisitor		Days later and still no one seems interested in this forum. Such a valuable resource and no one to use it??
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Reply from so_teh Jan.28.2023 11:24PM EDT →Email so_teh		I really do think the world has turned ferociously outward as of late. Not looking within as we would have hoped.
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Reply from Avisitor Jan.29.2023 11:21AM EDT →Email Avisitor		For example the war in the Ukraine??
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Reply from Phil Space May.17.2023 07:36AM EDT		Neither do I condemn thee; go and SIM no more.
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