Kismet' "koan", "We Have So Much"...

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Is a wonderful message to ponder when one wakes up in the morning, and instantly has the power to transform, and to give one focus for the day (and longer...!). No matter what obstacles and hardships or sorrows that the Universe brings into our life, the koan remains true, for even obstacles are sent for a purpose, asking us to change in some way. I flashed upon how fortunate I am to be a guide for my son, and to be the recipient of his love, funny moments, questions, and sharing... :)

Ponder over the words once and awhile, and i'm sure you'll appreciate their simple, yet powerful message. Perhaps Kismet can post more often, so we'll see it on a very regular basis. :D Thanks, Kismet!

Dan :)
 
Perhaps Kismet can post more often ?????!!!!!!! eeeeeeeekkkk!!!!!!


Ok, DrDan, settle down, lean back, and envision the Cantina folks lining up, single-file, patiently (no pun intended) awaiting their turn to slap you out of your hysteria. (image here, courtesy of AIRPLANE, 1980 great movie.)

Those statements in the sig line...are a form of self-hypnosis reinforcement.... I forget sometimes...or forget to remember how good times of my life have been and the joy and blessings I've had.

BTW, I thought a 'koan' was an apparently implicitly contradictory statement designed to confront thought processes in the listener and provide an opportunity for enlightenment?
 
Perhaps. "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" is one famous koan that some might think some interesting answers to. :D

This is more an affirmation, but an excellent one that I was just appreciating yesterday, as matter of fact. We do have so much, and when I remember, I cannot help being grateful and humbled at my blessings.

John
 
Originally posted by Kismet
I thought a 'koan' was an apparently implicitly contradictory statement designed to confront thought processes in the listener and provide an opportunity for enlightenment?
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Traditionally, a koan is what you write it to be... Being that there's been a lot of 'trying times' for some of our fellow forumites lately, the reader may question the veracity of yours until, after reflection, an empirical understanding is reached. Any word or words which at first seem contradictory or even nonsensical (like my text), and after reflection enable us to have a feeled sense of Presence is a device, just like a koan... Indeed, many Zen monks throughout the centuries achieved enlightenment after pondering seemingly absurd koans. Hopefully the world will soon have have its "Hundredth Monkey"... ;)

I'm blessed for what I have, and probably more for what I don't have, excepting a custom Chitlangi... Dan :D

"Imagine a particle without mass" Koan for the modern physicist
 
Originally posted by Bex
Dog farts-the ultimate room clearer. Who needs tear gas or mace? ;)
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At least sometimes Ace gives you a warning. He is the only dog that I have ever actually heard when he farted!!!!
Funny actually, if he's laying there and farts noisily he jumps up and looks around with a puzzled expression like, "Did I do that?":)
By then I'm across the room!!!!:D

We -do- have so much!!!! Thanks Kis.:)
 
Originally posted by Yvsa
At least sometimes Ace gives you a warning. He is the only dog that I have ever actually heard when he farted!!!!
Funny actually, if he's laying there and farts noisily he jumps up and looks around with a puzzled expression like, "Did I do that?":)
By then I'm across the room!!!!:D

We -do- have so much!!!! Thanks Kis.:)
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Thanks indeed. To all. Cheered me up no end tonight. Always nice to go to bed with a smile, (first time I've been able to say that in reference to dog farts!)
 
An intelligent, spiritually worthwlile post to meditate on, and made memorable by outrageous humor towerd the bottom.

One more reason to stay clear of holy people - atrocious senses of humor. Which they somehow sense in me.

It's like having a half dozen people over, and the cat immediately pays special attention to the one person that is allergic to cats.
 
Used to provide board and lodgings for a cat,( heh, you never own a cat after all ), that always homed in on the best dressed person in the room or failing that, anyone who didnt like cats. I knew it wasnt being sociable because it didnt like most people, 'cept my mother because she fed him. Took 10 years before he'd give me the time of day.
 
It's Japanese. Kismet's definition is as good as any:
"BTW, I thought a 'koan' was an apparently implicitly contradictory statement designed to confront thought processes in the listener and provide an opportunity for enlightenment?"
 
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