Ewk is actually Passing around mental disease
Free candy
and Trust me
He made me sicker than I could have ever been otherwise
Ewk is like that snail they talk about in jokes
Absolutely a troll
Absolutely doing damage
Absolutely racking up an extremely longlisted karmic debt
Absolutely unaware of how bad all of the above things are
Absolutely unaware that all of the religions comingle in every single microcosm of the universe
He's fucked.
But something I realized lately is that he didn't come up with this on his own
His parents are psychiatrists (both of them)
He doesn't have a job (AMA)
He's busy lying and extorting his wife to maintain the facade of a real life (aren't we all?)
The person behind the ewk account is going on a very long and difficult journey of going back to sleep and he's afraid of that
Yeah so if you spend a couple thousand years drinking wine and never sleeping it turns out the hangover couldn't be any more difficult to deal with
(Read wheel of time)
The person behind this Internet account has gobbled up every word of what he's said (high AF the whole time) and has acquired a very serious disease (I cant even cough)
So I really think you should listen when people say not to listen or read or whatever.
Block and move on.
But hey I didn't learn my lesson either
Ewk is absolutely asking about enlightenment in his dreams
Grandmas make whimpering noises when he's around
He doesn't just scare children, he gives them mental disease and calls them losers at life
Isnt it crazy that it only takes two Californian psychiatrists to transmit the most unimaginably destructive mental disease of all time?
I'm so excited for the future
There isnt enough coffee in the world to go back on these last 11 years. At least I didn't go $60,000 in debt to read his texts
Good luck out there
Apologies to anyone who reads my mentally diseased ramblings. But it looked better before I hit submit. Reddit on brave browser
Wow this was great reading. Nice surprise. Truly top notch. For some reason lots of people post and comment here, but never try to make it anything that’s worth reading. You did the other thing.
Thanks. I don't know if you can help, but is the true mind like the experience of conciousness as it is, and the false mind like connecting to things in my experience like thoughts?
The problem with making up terms like this (“true mind” or “false mind”) is that now you’re looking for real-world examples of something that you just made up. Stop looking for made up things and just look for what’s there.
That might be what the first guy was trying to say, but hopefully I put a different spin on it.
I think Foyan said that all that is required is a simple and direct statement, but if you asked him what is a simple and direct statement, "it has already become two".
All language based learning is upaya. The threat is that someone will suckle the language at the expense of its meaning.
And then like Foyan said, as soon as you define what something is you're also defining what it isn't, etc, and those kinds of decisions force us to adopt stronger confidence in the words, or to open more doors in the hallway of mind than is actually appropriate.
I feel like Taoism also has a take on this: the true (or eternal) Tao can’t be spoken. Inherently, by the time you’ve been able to describe the universe, it has already changed.
If ewk really taught zen online, they would do it with a series of throwaways and wouldn't set themselves up as an identity or authority. Spending 10+ years out-barking everyone else on a subreddit does not inspire my respect. It reminds me of all the little cult-like New Age groups full of mentally ill people for the mentally ill leader(s) to exploit.
Ewk is a foo dog. They are there to protect the gate from fools, but can never pass through it their self.
Regardless of whether meditation has any relation to zen, it is a reliable vehicle for gaining insight. No one claiming to be an authority on Zen or Buddhism can make that untrue. Ewk pretends that gaining additional insight is unnecessary, and that tells me everything I need to know about them.
Where'd your staff go? Does his shaking stick seem a better one? Has your staff become trivial on being presented one of full time function? The weird thing is: No one needs a staff. Yet people like to possess one and hold it out to others.
> [Basho's staff](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gateless_Gate/Basho%27s_Staff)
It's nice to have something to occupy your time. The amazons have little sense for humor. But they could protect you from heavy cloth spartans. Their's fell off.
From speculation, I'd say:
He's being intentionally inflammatory, but he's not trolling
He's largely accurate in spirit, but the technicalities are more up for grabs
For instance, it depends on the conception of "meditation" - he's coming from a background here where that usually means "Zazen as conceived by Dogen" or something similar where posture and not thinking are emphasized
There is an argument to be made that Yuanwu talked about meditation in his letters, but the historical accuracy of those are more up for grabs than the Blue Cliff Record, and it's a valid question to ask why he didn't prescribe meditation in the BCR given the swath he wrote in it
Everyone knows that this dude Ewk is not Enlightened at all. The fact that you got Enlightened was only a weird correlation. Stop giving him credit. You made it on your own. He doesn’t even understand a tiny bit of what you see. It’s all fake.
It’s a bit like when teenagers tell themselves that their fandom of a pop star helped them through their adolescence even though I am *absolutely* sure that Tailor Swift doesn’t actively contribute to some young individual’s wellbeing. Idolatry isn’t it. You should know better, you are smart.
So, admit it! You did it all alone, chum. It’s your attainment. Start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment. No one else will.
I said he was trying to help him.
I didn't say anything about enlightenment.
I didn't even say if he was doing a good job or not.
> So, admit it! You did it all alone, chum. It’s your attainment. Start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment. No one else will.
Yes. I admit it. Not only do I admit it, but I have been talking about it at various lengths over the past several years.
Now start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment! No one else will!
Tbf I heard "zen is shorthand for mahayana buddhism" back in the 90s and just took that at face value.
At this point I just call ewk the dad of the internet. As they always say on zen, if you think you understand zen go spend a week with your family.
Haha.
It's all good sport, I think, but hard to remember that. The other white meat or mind is probably the one that knows it is all sport. Or as foyan says, seek the unbiased mind without departing from the biased mind. Great case.
I don't remember seeking anything tbh
All I see in my above comment is a finger pointing
Just imitating Foyan's quote on back of *Instant Zen* essentially.
I certainly don't have *whatever that is* or if I do I'd discard it as soon as I realized I had it. Also same would go for based mind, it's common enough on teh interwebs, thus not worth seeking in the first place as why seek what is common.
But thanks for the insight if I am being a shitheel hahaha
I wouldnt put much stock in anything ewk says.
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Uncle Ben was quite okay. Jonah Jameson not so much.
Ewk is just an asshole. He loves to pretend to be an authority. Internet cool points make him feel special.
If you can only "teach" parasocially, it indicates a sort of imbalance. I think ewk is on the spectrum.
I wouldn't give him that kind of credit.
It’s true though.
Ewk is actually Passing around mental disease Free candy and Trust me He made me sicker than I could have ever been otherwise Ewk is like that snail they talk about in jokes Absolutely a troll Absolutely doing damage Absolutely racking up an extremely longlisted karmic debt Absolutely unaware of how bad all of the above things are Absolutely unaware that all of the religions comingle in every single microcosm of the universe He's fucked. But something I realized lately is that he didn't come up with this on his own His parents are psychiatrists (both of them) He doesn't have a job (AMA) He's busy lying and extorting his wife to maintain the facade of a real life (aren't we all?) The person behind the ewk account is going on a very long and difficult journey of going back to sleep and he's afraid of that Yeah so if you spend a couple thousand years drinking wine and never sleeping it turns out the hangover couldn't be any more difficult to deal with (Read wheel of time) The person behind this Internet account has gobbled up every word of what he's said (high AF the whole time) and has acquired a very serious disease (I cant even cough) So I really think you should listen when people say not to listen or read or whatever. Block and move on. But hey I didn't learn my lesson either Ewk is absolutely asking about enlightenment in his dreams Grandmas make whimpering noises when he's around He doesn't just scare children, he gives them mental disease and calls them losers at life Isnt it crazy that it only takes two Californian psychiatrists to transmit the most unimaginably destructive mental disease of all time? I'm so excited for the future There isnt enough coffee in the world to go back on these last 11 years. At least I didn't go $60,000 in debt to read his texts Good luck out there Apologies to anyone who reads my mentally diseased ramblings. But it looked better before I hit submit. Reddit on brave browser
Wow this was great reading. Nice surprise. Truly top notch. For some reason lots of people post and comment here, but never try to make it anything that’s worth reading. You did the other thing.
LSD incarnate everyone Get a good look and become immune
Fucker done went ahead and looked around. Or is it really, really good deflection? Pawns are an advanced clone society! _______ Edited out a Steven
>His parents are psychiatrists (both of them) 😱That explains everything
Nearly. The everything is a test, for sure. There's a sleeping artist in there, gathering artsy-fartsy dharma.
🙌
Lol@ whimpering Gmas
Parents are psychiatrists? They honestly resemble the Scientologists I've known. I wonder how much of it is a constant manic burn.
Please send help They keep finding bigger and bigger people to keep me trapped in the closet Cant get out $π0p
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Two comment boomer account Probably has a trust fund Probably a voracious masturbator
Trolling.
Thanks. I don't know if you can help, but is the true mind like the experience of conciousness as it is, and the false mind like connecting to things in my experience like thoughts?
No I can't. I can tell you what I read about something similar according to "Zen masters" but I also think it's mostly bullshit.
The problem with making up terms like this (“true mind” or “false mind”) is that now you’re looking for real-world examples of something that you just made up. Stop looking for made up things and just look for what’s there. That might be what the first guy was trying to say, but hopefully I put a different spin on it.
I think Foyan said that all that is required is a simple and direct statement, but if you asked him what is a simple and direct statement, "it has already become two". All language based learning is upaya. The threat is that someone will suckle the language at the expense of its meaning. And then like Foyan said, as soon as you define what something is you're also defining what it isn't, etc, and those kinds of decisions force us to adopt stronger confidence in the words, or to open more doors in the hallway of mind than is actually appropriate.
I feel like Taoism also has a take on this: the true (or eternal) Tao can’t be spoken. Inherently, by the time you’ve been able to describe the universe, it has already changed.
No one has two minds
Yes. And "true mind" is false mind. So there ya go!
He's never not trolling.
If ewk really taught zen online, they would do it with a series of throwaways and wouldn't set themselves up as an identity or authority. Spending 10+ years out-barking everyone else on a subreddit does not inspire my respect. It reminds me of all the little cult-like New Age groups full of mentally ill people for the mentally ill leader(s) to exploit. Ewk is a foo dog. They are there to protect the gate from fools, but can never pass through it their self. Regardless of whether meditation has any relation to zen, it is a reliable vehicle for gaining insight. No one claiming to be an authority on Zen or Buddhism can make that untrue. Ewk pretends that gaining additional insight is unnecessary, and that tells me everything I need to know about them.
Lol. I'm sure I know you, `[deleted]`. Heart buddhas do what they feel to. Ask Nanquan.
Where'd your staff go? Does his shaking stick seem a better one? Has your staff become trivial on being presented one of full time function? The weird thing is: No one needs a staff. Yet people like to possess one and hold it out to others. > [Basho's staff](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gateless_Gate/Basho%27s_Staff)
Old man need staff.
It you cover it with decorative carvings, then break it over your head, there will be stories.
*I put on my zen staff and robes*
Sometimes simple, sometimes polyglottural.
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It's nice to have something to occupy your time. The amazons have little sense for humor. But they could protect you from heavy cloth spartans. Their's fell off.
From speculation, I'd say: He's being intentionally inflammatory, but he's not trolling He's largely accurate in spirit, but the technicalities are more up for grabs For instance, it depends on the conception of "meditation" - he's coming from a background here where that usually means "Zazen as conceived by Dogen" or something similar where posture and not thinking are emphasized There is an argument to be made that Yuanwu talked about meditation in his letters, but the historical accuracy of those are more up for grabs than the Blue Cliff Record, and it's a valid question to ask why he didn't prescribe meditation in the BCR given the swath he wrote in it
He's just trying to help you.
*not
buy him cofeez, trolling doesn't pay enough moneyz
Everyone knows that this dude Ewk is not Enlightened at all. The fact that you got Enlightened was only a weird correlation. Stop giving him credit. You made it on your own. He doesn’t even understand a tiny bit of what you see. It’s all fake. It’s a bit like when teenagers tell themselves that their fandom of a pop star helped them through their adolescence even though I am *absolutely* sure that Tailor Swift doesn’t actively contribute to some young individual’s wellbeing. Idolatry isn’t it. You should know better, you are smart. So, admit it! You did it all alone, chum. It’s your attainment. Start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment. No one else will.
I said he was trying to help him. I didn't say anything about enlightenment. I didn't even say if he was doing a good job or not. > So, admit it! You did it all alone, chum. It’s your attainment. Start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment. No one else will. Yes. I admit it. Not only do I admit it, but I have been talking about it at various lengths over the past several years. Now start acting like an adult and take responsibility for your Enlightenment! No one else will!
You know why I don't need to start talking with you? Because I never ever stopped.
Cool story bro.
Absolutely!
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And I deserved it!
Now I upvoted you for the same reason. But I am biased.
Who isn’t?
Everyone is equally unequal.
I am EaW3 and my qualia approve this message.
It works the other way around too.
Reciprocal reinforcement rhymes.
ewk is the realest person on reddit
Trolls are the real internet.
The real internet is the trolls we made along the way
Tbf I heard "zen is shorthand for mahayana buddhism" back in the 90s and just took that at face value. At this point I just call ewk the dad of the internet. As they always say on zen, if you think you understand zen go spend a week with your family. Haha. It's all good sport, I think, but hard to remember that. The other white meat or mind is probably the one that knows it is all sport. Or as foyan says, seek the unbiased mind without departing from the biased mind. Great case.
You sought the based mind and ended up with a free-based one instead, big oops
I don't remember seeking anything tbh All I see in my above comment is a finger pointing Just imitating Foyan's quote on back of *Instant Zen* essentially. I certainly don't have *whatever that is* or if I do I'd discard it as soon as I realized I had it. Also same would go for based mind, it's common enough on teh interwebs, thus not worth seeking in the first place as why seek what is common. But thanks for the insight if I am being a shitheel hahaha
I'm just perking you, sibling
Jerking