03-17-2021, 01:34 PM
(03-17-2021, 12:56 PM)Ming the Merciful Wrote:(03-17-2021, 10:54 AM)Diana Wrote: What do you think Ming the Merciful? (Flash Gordon, right? except Ming was originally "merciless").
Hi Diana. Good to meet you. I have been cursed by the God(s). I had started a reply to you, and then it all disappeared. Here we go, (again).
Yeah that has happened to me. In addition, I have lost other digital content in the past—illustrations for example that weren't backed up; and once I lost an entire short story (I rewrote it though, and I felt it was better the second time.

(03-17-2021, 12:56 PM)Ming the Merciful Wrote: Ming the Merciless You are correct, he was in the Flash Gordon movies. He has always been my hero, (anti-hero). What it is, in my family ancestry we have Chinese and Oriental connections, and I have leaned more to Chinese and Japanese philosophy, (as opposed to Western Philosophy). It feels more natural and holistic. The West only observes Spirituality on an Intellectual level which causes a misunderstanding and delusion. If we observe in Intuitive Mind, there is a deeper understanding that cannot be seen in Intellectual Mind.
Well, Asian culture and philosophy is very old, as opposed to the newer Western versions of esoteric reality. We do learn from anything. Heck, seeing and hearing a bird sing in a tree could be the very trigger that opens up certain doors of perception.
An ex-boyfriend grew up next to (an old) Buster Crabbe in Scottsdale AZ. He was the original Flash Gordon. And I can remember the old series from the 30s, which I recall seeing reruns of when I was really little. I loved it. That and Astro Boy, which was a sort of precursor to Japanese anime, a Japanese cartoon, I believe.

(03-17-2021, 12:56 PM)Ming the Merciful Wrote: I had the opportunity to learn Zen through a good Spiritual Master, (for whom I will be eternally grateful). When you understand Zen, (not that you ever comprehend Zen). it changes everything. Or, it teaches you to observe life Intuitively as opposed to Intellectually. Beware of the snake in the grass, (it may have a sting in the tail). I have the belief that Zen and the ONE is the same thing. A wolf in sheep clothing. How we interpret Zen, (or the ONE), is not important. It is the fact of the acknowledgment. Or, it is only those people who are "Awakened" understand. But, more importantly we must not become evangelical and argue over trivial matters of personal interpretation. It is that which causes chaos and discord.
So, that is the basics of me, in the, (proverbial), "Nutshell". Peace.
I see the correlation between Zen and the One.
I also think that certain translations of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu really grasp in feeling or implication what words can't really describe.