tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post1256251703200881235..comments2024-02-29T10:14:57.263-06:00Comments on Diaristic Notations: Is "action" the miles to go that Robert Frost spoke of?Kim Mosleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17658600791743162004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-71679629057572674772010-12-01T12:29:48.962-06:002010-12-01T12:29:48.962-06:00I don't see things for me as action/non-action...I don't see things for me as action/non-action. It seems logical enough, just not my bag of tea. I'm more about thoughts than action. Maybe it is my mother's fault—she made my dad take out the garbage because she said that I needed to study.<br /><br />As to "alarming news," I think it is overrated. Maybe it is the sitting, but we seem to have an economic downturn every 8 years, and we'll recover from this one like we did the others. I realize that there are lots of jobless people, and people who can't get loans. But at the same time we have a stock market that is up 250 points today. <br /><br />This reminds me of the priest who was accused of fathering a child. His response, "is that so." Then, after years of being ostracized, the real father came forward. When they told the priest that he wasn't the father, he said "is that so." That is the effect of meditation. Alarms are not very loud. In fact, I was told a couple of days ago to ring the bells softly.<br /><br />Maybe retirement is more like being than acting. In my last job, I needed to act every 5 minutes.Kim Mosleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658600791743162004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-46698091190800596832010-12-01T10:51:22.811-06:002010-12-01T10:51:22.811-06:00Oh! Well! I just found this quotation at the bot...Oh! Well! I just found this quotation at the bottom of the page of the Dalai Grandma's blog:<br /><br />"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand."<br />[tr. Thich Nhat Hanh]<br /><br />From what I understand, Dogen said time is being, so it seems to me you could also say action or inaction is time is being. There is no time like the present to act!Melanie G from AZCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-40369313357899478642010-12-01T10:45:44.066-06:002010-12-01T10:45:44.066-06:00I'm curious about how people choose to take an...I'm curious about how people choose to take an action, life being a series of actions or non-actions-- with moments of just being, perhaps. How has meditating affected your actions? Do you make "better" choices? What moves you to act? Regarding the deficit: Yikes! How fast things change! There is alarming news about the effects of the deficit that will be coming our way, but how do we, and how will future "we-s", experience it while living action by action? In the future I may very well be kvetching with friends: "Damn! I could have retired earlier but they raised the retirement age to cover the d-f'ing-eficit that paid for wars and Wall Street gazillionaires who feel no remorse for ripping people off!"Melanie G from AZCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-20391098466900718222010-12-01T09:47:27.737-06:002010-12-01T09:47:27.737-06:00"...a couple of studies on this showing that ..."...a couple of studies on this showing that the government spends somewhere between $1.29 and $1.58 for every dollar they tax." Not during the Clinton years, we reduced the deficit considerably. Unfortunately we elected George W. Bush as president. H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com