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Offline 999000

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Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« on: August 05, 2008, 11:13:26 PM »
Zazen13,  If somebody can explain it and how it works ...I got a hunch you can!
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 11:37:52 PM »
It must be "Bait poor 'ole Zaz week"! I've got thread stalkers hunting me like I'm in, "The Most Dangerous Game". It's pretty bad when getting my arse shot off in the game feels like a gentle, tender back rub compared to the forums... I'm going to do this for you 999000, but if the thread stalkers attack you'd better watch my back bro..:aok

 I like to think of Grace as the active principle of righteousness, or "right action".  The universe as it is presented to us each moment in time is a complex latticework of God's design, always in harmonious balance and perfect. A graceful person seamlessly flows with the environment without disturbing it, a function of it, similarly perfectly balanced. Moreover, the truly graceful person does so in an effortless way. Grace is not a function of effort or deliberate intention but an incidental byproduct of an unconscious symbiosis with the "right way" of life. Grace is beautiful because it is passive action. The act of doing something without any semblance of conflict between the individual and the will of the universe, of which we are an inseparable part, to maintain equilibrium in motion. For example, in pool I always tell my students, go with the flow, don't fight it, let the table tell you how to play the shot, don't force your play upon it.
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2008, 12:13:23 AM »
It must be "Bait poor 'ole Zaz week"!

Your verbose nature invites it, in my opinion.  I'll leave it at that.

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2008, 12:16:15 AM »
Your verbose nature invites it, in my opinion.  I'll leave it at that.

I just like to think of him as the puffy ack of the BBs.   :D
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2008, 12:20:22 AM »
I just like to think of him as the puffy ack of the BBs.   :D

LoL

That hadn't occurred to me, but upon some reflection, I think you may have hit upon something important.

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2008, 12:29:13 AM »
And thread stalkers are like spawncampers, content to take cheap potshots from the woods at brave souls with enough moxie to "hang it out there" for the sake of entertainment and fun even if at their own expense... ;)
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2008, 12:40:42 AM »
And thread stalkers are like spawncampers, content to take cheap potshots from the woods at brave souls with enough moxie to "hang it out there" for the sake of entertainment and fun even if at their own expense... ;)

Well, I can only assume that you aren't calling me a thread stalker Zaz.  But I will freely tell you that you need to tone down your prose a bit.  You write like a teenager who is trying to impress someone with all of the fancy big words that you know.  Or...  Actually, you remind me of a lawyer, who uses language to manipulate meaning.

Honestly, I really don't have any substantial reason to slam you...  But, honestly, your posts typically read as if you are talking down to your readers.

Even when I agree with you, which is frequent, your writing style can be annoying.

I hope that you will take this post for what it is and evaluate your writing style.

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2008, 12:44:51 AM »
I hope that you will take this post for what it is and evaluate your writing style.

I've long since reconciled myself to writing badly, it doesn't ever bother me anymore. My most heartfelt condolences to you though and my humble apologies for subjecting you to my aweful writing... :D
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2008, 12:48:05 AM »
I've long since reconciled myself to writing badly, it doesn't ever bother me anymore. My most heartfelt condolences to you though and my humble apologies for subjecting you to my aweful writing... :D

Don't apologize for your writing, if you strongly believe in your position.  Apologize for writing in such a way that alienates your readers.  That is your failing.

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2008, 12:51:14 AM »
Don't apologize for your writing, if you strongly believe in your position.  Apologize for writing in such a way that alienates your readers.  That is your failing.

Thanks for the critique...I look forward to reading your published works... ;)
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2008, 12:53:24 AM »
Thanks for the critique... ;)

You're quite welcome, as it happens, I have a bit of education in the field and my published works are available.  Always happy to share, even with those who like to dismiss things with a  ;).

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2008, 12:57:27 AM »
You're quite welcome, as it happens, I have a bit of education in the field and my published works are available.  Always happy to share, even with those who like to dismiss things with a  ;).

 ;)

Well let's have some titles...I am always looking for a good book to read, don't be shy... ;)
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2008, 12:58:26 AM »
Well let's have some titles...I am always looking for a good book to read, don't be shy... ;)

You first Mr Literature.

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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2008, 01:03:45 AM »
You first Mr Literature.

That's what I thought...
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Re: Zazen13 please explain "Grace"
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2008, 01:05:04 AM »
I kind of enjoy it when Zazen goes through a long period of boredom.  It happens every now and then, and I usually come out of it with a new vocabulary word or two :D

You'd be suprised just how many new words I learned after having to look up "symbiosis."  The google search led to an interesting read in and of itself :aok
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