Applicable Zen quotes:We shape plastic into a tube but it is the emptiness inside that holds the toothpaste. (possibly paraphrased by me)I’d like to offer something to help you but in the zen school we don’t have a single thing!The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Odd. If all reality is illusion, doesn’t that mean that illusion is the new reallity? But that would mean…. oh never mind, My head is spinning and I’m about to upchuck…
mrbribery over 11 years ago
toothpaste, caps, you – it is all illusion…
pouncingtiger over 11 years ago
He’s still wondering why he’s still married to her.
psychlady over 11 years ago
Does he even have teeth?
tirnaaisling over 11 years ago
The cap is left off to impart the lessons of patience and tolerance and the control of emotional responses.
‘Basically my dear without these trials, you would never grow to become enlightened yourself’
philyfanstukinmi over 11 years ago
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a dam
Larry Miller Premium Member over 11 years ago
Applicable Zen quotes:We shape plastic into a tube but it is the emptiness inside that holds the toothpaste. (possibly paraphrased by me)I’d like to offer something to help you but in the zen school we don’t have a single thing!The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
William Bednar Premium Member over 11 years ago
Odd. If all reality is illusion, doesn’t that mean that illusion is the new reallity? But that would mean…. oh never mind, My head is spinning and I’m about to upchuck…
Ellen Gwynne over 11 years ago
Many tasks are so trivial that men leave them to women as a reminder of women’s inferior status.