Comments on: Zen and the Art of Blogging: Help or Hindrance? http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/ Practical inspiration. For a happier life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Aggy http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-12489 Aggy Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:31:21 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-12489 Gee wiliklers, that’s such a great post! Gee wiliklers, that’s such a great post!

]]> By: Trent M. http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-6204 Trent M. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:34:04 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-6204 This is a two-year late comment but I feel the need to do so anyways. Finding your blog has helped me exponentially in the past week. An interest in spirituality, life, and the great unknown has been born in me. You do a marvelous job. Keep it up! This is a two-year late comment but I feel the need to do so anyways.
Finding your blog has helped me exponentially in the past week.
An interest in spirituality, life, and the great unknown has been born in me.
You do a marvelous job. Keep it up!

]]> By: the http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-6198 the Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:09:27 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-6198 to be honest, i think i understand the "nothing to do with zen" comment, at least in so far as your blog focuses on self-improvement. my understanding is that zen is a way of living with no gaining idea. self-improvement, however, tends to be very rooted in gaining ideas. instead of appreciating or accepting what is, it tends to focus on making things better in the future. in my own experience with self-improvement, i've run into a lot of stress because i've created expectations about "changing my life." if self-improvement isn't inherently non-zen, then at least this interpretation of self-improvement seems to be non-zen. this is just to be honest and point out some thoughts i've had. i thought about this topic originally in reference to 'zen habits.' ,steve to be honest, i think i understand the “nothing to do with zen” comment, at least in so far as your blog focuses on self-improvement.

my understanding is that zen is a way of living with no gaining idea. self-improvement, however, tends to be very rooted in gaining ideas. instead of appreciating or accepting what is, it tends to focus on making things better in the future.

in my own experience with self-improvement, i’ve run into a lot of stress because i’ve created expectations about “changing my life.” if self-improvement isn’t inherently non-zen, then at least this interpretation of self-improvement seems to be non-zen.

this is just to be honest and point out some thoughts i’ve had. i thought about this topic originally in reference to ‘zen habits.’

,steve

]]> By: John Rocheleau http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-395 John Rocheleau Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:55:17 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-395 Thank you Mary, You have a wonderful site here. It is such a good resource. It will be a pleasure to visit often. Thanks so much for the link Mary. The interconnectedness of the internet fascinates me. It is also a good metaphor for life. And a great reason to blog about Zen :-) John Thank you Mary,

You have a wonderful site here. It is such a good resource. It will be a pleasure to visit often.

Thanks so much for the link Mary. The interconnectedness of the internet fascinates me. It is also a good metaphor for life. And a great reason to blog about Zen :-)

John

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-393 Mary Jaksch Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:27:50 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-393 @John Welcome to GoodlifeZen, John! Thank you for your encouraging words. I had a look at your lovely website <a href="http://www.zen-moments.com/" rel="nofollow">Zen Moments</a> and have linked to it. I hope to see many more comments by you, John. @John
Welcome to GoodlifeZen, John! Thank you for your encouraging words. I had a look at your lovely website Zen Moments and have linked to it. I hope to see many more comments by you, John.

]]> By: John Rocheleau http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-392 John Rocheleau Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:21:48 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-392 When people adopt dogmatic opinions of Zen, they loose the essence. Zen is simply experiencing life deeply and completely. If you are able to avoid "freezing" your perceptions into judgments, then you have a chance to experience Kensho and beyond. Blogging is exactly where Zen should be seen and practiced. Blogging gets meditation into the mainstream more easily. People need more varied approaches to learn core meditative skills. It is up to them how far they take them. Traditional practices are great, but there is a value to easing people into a practice in unconventional ways. Discipline is learned gradually, and at first, perhaps through soft approaches to meditation; after that discipline becomes its own reward. Good stuff :-) John When people adopt dogmatic opinions of Zen, they loose the essence. Zen is simply experiencing life deeply and completely. If you are able to avoid “freezing” your perceptions into judgments, then you have a chance to experience Kensho and beyond.

Blogging is exactly where Zen should be seen and practiced. Blogging gets meditation into the mainstream more easily. People need more varied approaches to learn core meditative skills. It is up to them how far they take them. Traditional practices are great, but there is a value to easing people into a practice in unconventional ways.

Discipline is learned gradually, and at first, perhaps through soft approaches to meditation; after that discipline becomes its own reward.

Good stuff :-)
John

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-151 Mary Jaksch Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:48:18 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-151 Thank you, AmazingMess. Welcome to the Goodlife Zen community! Thank you, AmazingMess. Welcome to the Goodlife Zen community!

]]> By: AmazingMess http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-150 AmazingMess Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:18:03 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-150 Hello Mary, A couple of weeks ago I discovered your website with a lot of encouraging texts in it. The teisho's on YouTube helped me a lot with some sticky things, as I never before came to any teisho, only the paper ones. And now I found your more ore less personal blog, witch gives me the opportunaty to thank you for your beautiful initiative to put some stuff online. gassho Hello Mary,

A couple of weeks ago I discovered your website with a lot of encouraging texts in it. The teisho’s on YouTube helped me a lot with some sticky things, as I never before came to any teisho, only the paper ones. And now I found your more ore less personal blog, witch gives me the opportunaty to thank you for your beautiful initiative to put some stuff online.

gassho

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-131 Mary Jaksch Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:15:01 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-131 Thank you, Wade. I think your point that online Buddhist blogs can be a support for practice is very valid. Thank you, Wade. I think your point that online Buddhist blogs can be a support for practice is very valid.

]]> By: Wade M | TheMiddleWay http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-126 Wade M | TheMiddleWay Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:13:26 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/17/zen-and-the-art-of-blogging/#comment-126 Hi Mary, It's been a busy few months for me, travelling in and out of monasteries around the US, as well as trying to keep my online world running, and flying back to Australia. For me, the online medium is fantastic. I've made a lot of great friends, and feel that we are together developing what I call an eSangha. There's a network here of Buddhist bloggers that are helping each other, supporting each other's practice. Every few days I'm chatting to a fellow BB, talking about our practice, how we're going, and it's fantastic to have that outlet. I think for many of us, we don't have access to practice centres, and this is our way of meeting up. It's also been a great investigation to read about others and how their practice is going, an almost guide sometimes, of what's going on. Disadvantages? Time, but everything in this world takes time, so that's no disadvantage at all. It's a pleasure to write and to network, time doesn't exist in the moment :) Gassho, Wade http://themiddleway.net Hi Mary,

It’s been a busy few months for me, travelling in and out of monasteries around the US, as well as trying to keep my online world running, and flying back to Australia.

For me, the online medium is fantastic. I’ve made a lot of great friends, and feel that we are together developing what I call an eSangha. There’s a network here of Buddhist bloggers that are helping each other, supporting each other’s practice.

Every few days I’m chatting to a fellow BB, talking about our practice, how we’re going, and it’s fantastic to have that outlet. I think for many of us, we don’t have access to practice centres, and this is our way of meeting up. It’s also been a great investigation to read about others and how their practice is going, an almost guide sometimes, of what’s going on.

Disadvantages? Time, but everything in this world takes time, so that’s no disadvantage at all. It’s a pleasure to write and to network, time doesn’t exist in the moment :)

Gassho,

Wade
http://themiddleway.net

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