(1) Mental-state.

(2) After mental-state.

(3) ... After mental-state.

1 2 3 - Progress of mental state.

- That's me On the Dangers of Some Eastern Enlightenment.

See?

It's like I'm trying to say that we're just brains containing a progression of "mental-states".

^^ That was a mental state.

- happy day

We're empty.

We're 0.

We're not even <"0">.

Have a day.

- cheers

Who should he be?

Or... what thing should it be that he is?

He is not 'a thing' so there is none.

And: that's all.

When nothing else can be removed,

some say that is It.

(?Are we like talking about those kinda created "mental images" and the fluctuating feelings associated that often go from hero to zero even by external force majored factors like: fill in Y`er poison, arrrh)

Quote: "I&apos;m now reading the Shobo Genzo (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye). My basic question is "What is my purpose for meditation?""
.........

Virtue is its own reward,

Just as the lack of it nets its own reward.

Quote: "Mental state is how your mind works. If you are a believer that is your mental state. If you are not a believer thats your mental state. Most mental states are the unversal consciousness, same kind of mind.
It is called group mentality.
"
.........

If you throw a bunch of rings down onto a table

some will overlap while others will be apart from the group.

The areas where rings overlap is called intersection,

and those that do not intersect with the other simply stand alone.

Its like that with a group of people also,

we share areas of intersection with some other people,

while standing apart from those with whom we share no intersection.

People go to church on Sunday and share *Christian intersection* together,

then they go about their otherwise separate lives.  Thats okay.

The only problem is in believing that all of the people who

do not share intersection with you are going to Hell.  Whats that about?

group mentality - aka, gorillas in the mist

mental state - a process of either trying to unlearn, or learn whilst comparing to what we do and don't know

mind - it's big

zen mind - it's small, so small that it only exists in a snort or a cough

mindfulness - the opposite of  what is suggests

awareness - taking a moment by moment look, and then looking again, for all moments

satori - to be advised against, for the regular fellow

irregular fellow - he who is against advice, yet presumably toes all lines, cloys to nothing though, and relishes in fungi and green tea

yes

per se