Comments on: Welcome to Your Rebellion http://www.rebelbuddha.com/2010/07/welcome-to-your-rebellion/ on the road to freedom Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark http://www.rebelbuddha.com/2010/07/welcome-to-your-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Mark Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:46:53 +0000 http://beta.rebelbuddha.com/?p=808#comment-305 Bill, I am sympathetic to the struggle you describe. I have found that the challenge becomes one of listening deeply - so that we can identify what part of the conflict belongs to "me" and what to the other party. Ponlop Rinpoche has taught of the necessity of holding in creative tension the culture of origin and the culture of transplantation, i.e. the elixir is poured from one cup to another - it's important to appreciate both cups. Cultural friction is bound to happen, and, to risk a cliche, that friction becomes an opportunity for practice. I don't want to try and change your mind, however I can say that in my experience there is a more subtle approach we can take to examining the conflicts on our path. We must also be willing to examine the rebel - with kindness and insight. The issue you raise is probably both a cultural and personal one - I wish you strength and humor in your exploration. Mark Bill, I am sympathetic to the struggle you describe. I have found that the challenge becomes one of listening deeply – so that we can identify what part of the conflict belongs to “me” and what to the other party. Ponlop Rinpoche has taught of the necessity of holding in creative tension the culture of origin and the culture of transplantation, i.e. the elixir is poured from one cup to another – it’s important to appreciate both cups. Cultural friction is bound to happen, and, to risk a cliche, that friction becomes an opportunity for practice. I don’t want to try and change your mind, however I can say that in my experience there is a more subtle approach we can take to examining the conflicts on our path. We must also be willing to examine the rebel – with kindness and insight. The issue you raise is probably both a cultural and personal one – I wish you strength and humor in your exploration. Mark

]]> By: Bill Schwartz http://www.rebelbuddha.com/2010/07/welcome-to-your-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Bill Schwartz Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:19:16 +0000 http://beta.rebelbuddha.com/?p=808#comment-264 Mark, Is the Karma Kagyu lineage ready for our adolescence? Or, will it be confused, and dig in its heals, determined to stay the course? At present, it has dug in its heals with the zeal of a neo-con in response to our desire for transparency and accountability. They want nothing of what we want. It's their way or the highway, a familiar refrain from adolescence living under my father's roof. I've been a Buddhist rebel for over thirty years. It has been a lifetime of being shunned, marginalized, and attacked by those I love. Is that ever going to change? I have stage II congestive heart failure. In 2008 when I saw HHK17 I was hopeful. In 2010 I am as hopeless as the day I accompanied HHK16's body from Zion, IL to O'hare airport; I don't see it happening in my lifetime. Bill Mark,

Is the Karma Kagyu lineage ready for our adolescence? Or, will it be confused, and dig in its heals, determined to stay the course?

At present, it has dug in its heals with the zeal of a neo-con in response to our desire for transparency and accountability.

They want nothing of what we want. It’s their way or the highway, a familiar refrain from adolescence living under my father’s roof.

I’ve been a Buddhist rebel for over thirty years. It has been a lifetime of being shunned, marginalized, and attacked by those I love.

Is that ever going to change? I have stage II congestive heart failure. In 2008 when I saw HHK17 I was hopeful.

In 2010 I am as hopeless as the day I accompanied HHK16′s body from Zion, IL to O’hare airport; I don’t see it happening in my lifetime.

Bill

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