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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:12 PM
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something very 'zen' (for lack of a better term) about the 'Occupy' movement.
Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 05:13 PM by KG
It both is and is not;
neither is, nor is not.
—Siddhartha Gautama

if you don't understand it, you don't. if you think you understand it, you really don't.

that's the part i find most appealing...
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:16 PM
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1. I understand what you meant!
What's really struck me is what it needs to lead to - and that is to candidates who understand and support the changes that are needed. It will eventually be about elections and getting out the vote. It's going to take time and patience....and courage, I think.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:11 PM
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8. if you think you understand, you really don't...
:P

the changes we seek will never be realized through the ballot box...
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:16 PM
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2. "From the beginning not a thing exists" - Hui Neng
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:17 PM
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3. +
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:18 PM
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4. !
:applause:
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:20 PM
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5. "Empty your mind, be formless.
Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 05:24 PM by hifiguy
Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."

Bruce Lee, describing his martial arts style in a documentary about his life. It seems pretty apropos. Lee was a surprisingly deep thinker.

Another gem: "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. "

Edited to add actual Bruce Lee quotes.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:29 PM
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6. kick while i chew on this for awhile
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:38 PM
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7. I understand it, but do not
ahhh see what i did there.

i love zen. thanks for the post.
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:24 PM
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9. Bend with the wind....

I always feel compelled by the philosophy of Wu Wei, or perhaps not so.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:27 PM
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10. +

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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:35 PM
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11. +2 ... and ... The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
Sometimes Bob Dylan is pretty compelling, too. :)

And you know something is happening
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones ?
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socialindependocrat Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:48 PM
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12. Just don't know...
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:52 PM
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13. "Not knowing is most intimate"....

hey KG, fun thread!
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Terry in Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 06:58 PM
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14. "The peace that passes understanding"
There is something very zen about it...

I like that. Thanks for the insight!
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