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Originally posted by Bozos of Bones:
FYI, the falling tree is the Zen question of unpercieved reality, while the one hand clapping is a political statement for unity. It was only later introduced as a Zen riddle, but it is NOT! It's two different examples of how boared someone can get.
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I don't think its that black and white at all - that one interpretation of an idea is necessarily the right one, otherwise well, it just wouldn't be Zen now would it? Interesting you think boredom has something to do with it. (boared?)
I wouldn't call any attempt to constructively understand reality or pose questions about that reality, as a sign of boredom at all. From my experience, bored people mope about in a jaded mess, and barely achieve anything constructive which cannot really be said about the achiemvents of Zen despite its inherent paradoxes. But anyway, I was hoping someone out there knew about the wackiness of Mr Berkeley to resond to anything I'd said earlier and to extend this dicussion further. I don't want it to deteriorate into a pedantic slinging match. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Cheers,
CerebroDragon