Wish Better or the Best
Somebody commented “Where the urge to make it better comes from ?”
—– as a reply I wrote “Even a monkey chose a good stone to crack a
hard shell = good choice or not, makes the difference = able to eat or not.
In the worst case, it may cause an injury to the fingers.
It’s mean, it is a key to the own survival= survival instinct.” — yet still,even
if it wasn’t such serious but rather playful situation, we try to do the better.
Just through something, stone, trash — we aim, to a target, bin etc.
—– Why ? —– To satisfy the Ego in a challenge ? “Hey look I succeeded” or
“I’m better than you” — Was it ? Not necessary in a serious situation, no
other person around, even trivial small things, such as just put few items
together, we try to put them tidier way or make the shape easier to handle.
(Then, the personality exposed = somebody pay more attention and make
the things / situations better. Otherwise, others creates even more havoc !)
If it was an instinct to avoid a pain and to chose the way which needs a least
effort, was based on the learning, why some of us never learn ? = In the net,
there are endless number of silly stories still, they were produced with the
effort to get an impact and the maximum number of view.
Have a good fun seems yet another instinct.
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After the accumulation of the learning, we human being made up the map
of which can tell General List of Goodies. Then those would be told by the
old man or wise man as the common sense, moral or social rules still, they
were originated from the human instinct. Therefore, the eyes of
Lord Buddha, they were seen as the expression of the Dharma. And as we
have it in our instinct, it was explained that we were born with the Dharma.
And the Zen is the practice to make it better with thousands times practice.
(If not million times) —– and to learn its mind-set.
So, Zen could (possibly) make a better person (in theory) 😀
I wouldn’t guaranty the better person still, the product produced by the
craftsman with such Zen mind, has been so good, such as the Japanese
cooking knife has become a must have item to the top chef of the world.
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>>> https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/english-justice-or-not/
why. why. why? 🙂
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