[Buddha-l] Dumbo's feather Re:Buddhism and psychoactive substances

[Joy Vriens]

>> I expect that if there is any wisdom somewhere, it is not something to 
>> know or to do or to view for that matter. One has been breaking one's teeth 
>> on a hard nut to crack, hitting one's head against a wall etc. and one 
>> simply loses interest in it, sometimes suddenly sometimes gradually. One 
>> surrenders, although the word surrenders implies too much of an effort, 
>> frustrated will etc. Yes I am mortal, I will grow old and sick, things are 
>> and go often/always differently than I expect them to be and go etc. 

>It's not all that sad, as I feel, the way you represent it.

It doesn't need to be sad. The judgement "sad" is unnecessary and counterproductive (providing one has something to produce...) as you seem to say below: 'wherever you go, there you are'

> The 
>turning-knowledge-into-wisdom-process is one of trial and error, reflection 
>and action. It takes a little bit of confidence in one's capacities to make 
>every step you make on your way in life both firmly and lightly. It reminds 
>me somehow of my Shotokan Karate practice, especially with the metaphors of 
>struggle and fight, as found in many Buddhist texts: in Kumite (actual 
>fighting) you should be agile and stable at the same time. Movements should 
>be flowing and continous and all of this happens with an alert and relaxed 
>mind in an almost Zennish kind of 'wherever you go, there you are'-attitude.