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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 19 Jan

The old Zen master had died, and he went up to Heaven, where the doorkeeper there, gave him a koan to solve, before he could get in. The doorkeeper said to him, "You solved many an Earthly koan while alive, but can you...

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emptychair Yes, if anything was separate from God, God could not be God.

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 The world is in a bad place, with climate change on the one hand, and bogus emperors popping up in every country, with their own agendas, rather than caring for the planet, and those in their country. We are in for a rough ride, in the next few...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Perhaps there is some method in his madness, as he waves a big stick, then backs down. Trump just wants to determine the lay of the land before he takes action. He is no idiot, just swayed by greed, and delusions of self grandeur.

21 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 19 Jan

The old Zen master had died, and he went up to Heaven, where the doorkeeper there, gave him a koan to solve, before he could get in. The doorkeeper said to him, "You solved many an Earthly koan while alive, but can you...

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emptychair @Shiva49 When God's ways become our ways, all will be right then with the world. The only way to live in God's way is to love as God loves, as much as we can do so.

21 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 19 Jan

The old Zen master had died, and he went up to Heaven, where the doorkeeper there, gave him a koan to solve, before he could get in. The doorkeeper said to him, "You solved many an Earthly koan while alive, but can you...

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emptychair Everything is a part of everything else too, and so everything affects everything. Spiritual progress encompasses embracing love actively, and connecting to the overall source of that love, to God too.

21 Jan

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Tendz @Tendz09 (594) 20 Jan

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given, something that really stuck with you or changed how you think or live? It could be from anybody. Big or small, sometimes one simple line can make a huge difference. Mine:...

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emptychair @Tendz09 Yes, everybody has a different platform to view from, and we should never put down someone for thinking differently than ourselves.

21 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 I have found AI to be useful as it gives me far better and better directed answers than which just a google search without AI used to give to me. I see America is going to the moon again, and if they find gold up there, it will be a gold rush to the...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 19 Jan

The old Zen master had died, and he went up to Heaven, where the doorkeeper there, gave him a koan to solve, before he could get in. The doorkeeper said to him, "You solved many an Earthly koan while alive, but can you...

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emptychair Yes, I am sure his Zen training will be useful in Heaven too. God lets in to Heaven, all who have helped contribute to his efforts, while living, and have not just burdened him with their heavy load, that they expect God, and others, to carry for...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 19 Jan

The old Zen master had died, and he went up to Heaven, where the doorkeeper there, gave him a koan to solve, before he could get in. The doorkeeper said to him, "You solved many an Earthly koan while alive, but can you...

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emptychair Yes, if we neglect God, we can never truly live a happy, or a worthwhile, life.

19 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 It would not be as much fun watching robots play cricket though, so sports will always be around, I guess. Also, robots can play better chess than the human world champion can now too, but this has not stopped chess from still being played. Robots...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 The common folks these days though, are a lot different from the common folks of yesteryear. Most now, are drug, and substance, affected, plus they are now mostly being run from, a me-first attitude, and fueled from greed too, as they all want the...

18 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Yes, God's initial plan has gone awry, because of the grant of free will. Perhaps, he needs to reassess things, and add some more fuel to his fire, and so bring about a few radical shifts in his plan, to bring mankind back around to following his...

17 Jan

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Ever since Adam was a boy, there has been fighting, as if the story is correct, even one of Adam's sons killed the other one. Nothing has changed since then except for the enhanced ways of killing others. God, must be wringing his hands every day, as...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 The trouble is as we advance in one area, we step back in another. It seems we need both the negative, and the positive, side of us to squeeze us, and so thrust us forwards, but even then, our bad side is still there, ever ready to pull us down...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Yes, the body is our weak point with its petty wants, and strange quirks, and weaknesses in mind, and body, and that is why we should always try to reach up past the body, and embrace our higher self, even if it just turns out to be consciousness, and...

14 Jan

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (117968) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Jan

West Hartford Connecticut resident Kelly Kennedy went walking with her mixed breed dog named Hank who ran away from his owner on Sunday December 28 when Hank was chasing a deer in a hiking trail. Kelly with the assistance of...

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emptychair @Deepizzaguy I myself am afraid of big dogs, and whether I could control one, so I always have had small dogs.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (117968) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Jan

West Hartford Connecticut resident Kelly Kennedy went walking with her mixed breed dog named Hank who ran away from his owner on Sunday December 28 when Hank was chasing a deer in a hiking trail. Kelly with the assistance of...

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emptychair @Deepizzaguy Well, that explains how the dog got free. I have seen this myself where an owner cannot control a large dog, and perhaps they should have chosen a smaller one for themselves instead of the larger one.

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Shiva49 A koan is often said to be yours for the making, as a superficial answer never helps you to solve anything, but a deeper introspection of it, might allow you to dig out the depths of who you really are too, and so when you touch the "I am", you often...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair The permanent enlightenment state might be hard to obtain, but everybody from a poor beggar, to a college Professor, can have an immediate insight, momentarily at times, and so be enlightened in the moment of a moment. Everybody can have a deep insight come...

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emptychair @innertalks (23525) • Australia 11 Jan

The old Zen master had been asked to create a new koan, for the 50th anniversary of his holding the mastership, there at his monastery. He simply said quickly, without thinking about it. "When is a koan a koan? and...

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emptychair @Nakitakona What I meant was that Jesus explained these parables to his disciples, telling them that only those with eyes can see the real meanings in them, and that they remain meaningless to most other people. Here is the quote from the Bible: {Matthew...

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