OneSangha | Tylik | Activity http://www.onesangha.org/members/tylik/activity/feed Tylik - Activity Feed Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:24:04 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.9 en http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/3531/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl and MICHELLE WHITE are now friends]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/3531/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:03:59 +0000 Catherine Kehl and MICHELLE WHITE are now friends

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]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/3221/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted an update in the group Zen Practice: Last week, while a bunch of us were getting ready to leave the Zendo (Cleveland [...]]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/3221/ Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:21:40 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted an update in the group Zen Practice: Last week, while a bunch of us were getting ready to leave the Zendo (Cleveland winter weather takes some preparing for) we were talking about why people practice. Which actually isn't something I've considered much. But the conversation went along the lines of how you can't expect anything to happen... but on the other hand, if it doesn't, or if you don't expect it to, why do you keep on practicing?

I was thinking of this a bit in terms of my forms practice yesterday. I think there I mostly practice because it's a good practice. I mean, it's work, and it takes time, and you have to get started at it and all that stuff - but the practice itself, is good, just by itself. Even, maybe especially, when it's hard. Even when it seems fruitless. (I really learned that most in the forms practice, especially with the spine injury.)

But then there are those times when the practice, or the world just seems to pour out these absurd riches at our feet. It's not a reward - that's part of the absurdity of it. And I wonder a little how much that plays into my own motivation. I haven't thought a lot about why to practice largely because it seemed kind of obvious. There's a path, under your feet. So you walk on it. I mean, d'oh!

...and I wonder how much of that is the blindness of privilege. I don't think I earned my neurochemistry either.

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]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-222 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-222 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:17:15 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General: And I'm afraid my post came across as harsher than I'd meant it. Al is a dear long time friend, and hassling him has been an occasional hobby of mine for a great many years ;-) But it is hard going, starting a new community, and it's kind of sad when it doesn't take off [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-209 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-209 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:45:39 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General: Oh, give Al a break - the site has been around for a while, and despite his efforts it hasn't yet really taken off. We actually have a reasonable number of members - probably the next thing really is to start posting interesting questions and conversation starters. And to contribute to conversations. (And possibly work [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/2802/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl joined the group Five Mountain Buddhist Seminary]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/2802/ Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:39:49 +0000 Catherine Kehl joined the group Five Mountain Buddhist Seminary

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]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/30-days-of-practice/#post-86 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic 30 Days of Practice in the group Zen Practice]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/30-days-of-practice/#post-86 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:30:20 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic 30 Days of Practice in the group Zen Practice: I was intrigued by your blog post when I first saw it. Mentioned it to K, but... well, it's been fourteen months and a bit since we started sitting together every evening. That was in addition to the morning bit, and neither of us particularly had anything we were looking to add. (We had one [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/1449/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/1449/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:23:27 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment: Oh! It's beautiful!


In reply to -   posted a tweet: nasty garden spider outside my kitchen doorway! http://twitpic.com/2o3l8y ]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/936/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/936/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:14:12 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment: Well, one of them was Marty - I'm still vaguely in touch with her, we're still on a mailing list.

I'd say 13 years - I remember which office I was in, which narrows it a little.


In reply to - Al Jigen Billings  posted a tweet: Someday, maybe, I will find it easy to get along with people. My inability to do so is a reoccurring theme. ]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/going-it-alone-making-it-work-as-an-unaffiliated-buddhist/#post-57 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Going It Alone Making It Work as an Unaffiliated Buddhist in the group Zen Practice]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/going-it-alone-making-it-work-as-an-unaffiliated-buddhist/#post-57 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:28:49 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Going It Alone Making It Work as an Unaffiliated Buddhist in the group Zen Practice: I liked the article and its generally welcoming tone. But I feel like the comments here are wandering a bit into an unnecessary dichotomy. I know a lot of people have out of, or been exposed to, environments in which there is a clergy laiety separation in which there is a small group of people [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/936/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/936/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:03:52 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment: No one is leaving me tearful voicemail message, so I'm good...


In reply to - Al Jigen Billings  posted a tweet: Someday, maybe, I will find it easy to get along with people. My inability to do so is a reoccurring theme. ]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/limits-of-practice/#post-47 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Limits of Practice in the group Zen Practice]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/limits-of-practice/#post-47 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:31:37 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Limits of Practice in the group Zen Practice: Why do you think it should be a morning practice? I seem to be a morning person - much to the despair of my mother, who was perplexed when coming to down find me watching the trees, lake and mountains out of our livingroom window every morning when I was about four. A lot of [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/spiritual-materialism/#post-44 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Spiritual Materialism in the group Zen Practice]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/spiritual-materialism/#post-44 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:34:01 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Spiritual Materialism in the group Zen Practice: Just a note on translation - would something like a wiki make sense? I was just noticing that my undergrad department (Asian Languages and Literature at the U of WA) includes a Buddhist studies program. You'd think I'd have noticed considering how many Buddhists Studies folks took the guwen series, but I was pretty focused [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/898/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted an update: Maybe I should not post anything until I'm over the jet lag...]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/898/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:54:50 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted an update: Maybe I should not post anything until I'm over the jet lag...

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]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/spiritual-materialism/#post-38 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Spiritual Materialism in the group Zen Practice]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/zen-practice/forum/topic/spiritual-materialism/#post-38 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:04:55 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic Spiritual Materialism in the group Zen Practice: Orthogonally, there is a lot to be said here about the current level of silliness in intellectual property law. Is the issue here one of organization or commercialization? Not to say that either is without problems, but the issues around commodification seem relatively straightforward, where, at least to me, those around organization as such are [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/688/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/688/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:26:33 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted a new activity comment: I too am interested, though this looks like it's going to end up being a pretty busy semester for me. (And the chapters are on the longish side - which is only a problem if I want to deal mostly with the guwen.)


In reply to -   posted a tweet: Anyone want to start a study group with me in September for the Lotus Sutra on onesangha.org? A chapter a week… (http://bit.ly/cmNW6P) ]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-24 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/how-do-we-get-people-to-use-this-site-and-make-it-better/#post-24 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:33:43 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic How do we get people to use this site and make it better? in the group General: I really don't - I've been trying to mention it online, but that's mostly making me realize that I'm not as active online as I once was. (I've also mentioned it to the groups I participate in, but that's not so many people, and many of them are rather less involved online than even I [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/killing-and-bioethics-resources/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl started the forum topic Killing and Bioethics Resources? in the group General]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/general/forum/topic/killing-and-bioethics-resources/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:24:32 +0000 Catherine Kehl started the forum topic Killing and Bioethics Resources? in the group General: Does anyone have any recommendations for intelligent treatments of bioethics from a Buddhist perspective? There are a few books available (Damien Keown's book comes to mind, though it looks like it might be much more about medical practice than research) but not much information about the books. I'm a neurobiologist, I work with animals. (Sea [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/buddhist-bloggers/forum/topic/so-how-does-that-blogging-work-for-you-anyway/#post-15 <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic So how does that blogging work for you, anyway? in the group Buddhist Bloggers]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/buddhist-bloggers/forum/topic/so-how-does-that-blogging-work-for-you-anyway/#post-15 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:06:14 +0000 Catherine Kehl posted on the forum topic So how does that blogging work for you, anyway? in the group Buddhist Bloggers: I read it a lot more reliably when I'm home sick, I'm afraid. But yes, it's one of the ones I try to follow. I've found a balance - maybe not a good one - between writing with some degree of immediacy and being adequately opaque about things that did not seem appropriate in the [...]

]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/242/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl and Rachael are now friends]]> http://www.onesangha.org/activity/p/242/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:10:26 +0000 Catherine Kehl and Rachael are now friends

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]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/buddhist-bloggers/forum/topic/so-how-does-that-blogging-work-for-you-anyway/ <![CDATA[Catherine Kehl started the forum topic So how does that blogging work for you, anyway? in the group Buddhist Bloggers]]> http://www.onesangha.org/groups/buddhist-bloggers/forum/topic/so-how-does-that-blogging-work-for-you-anyway/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:03 +0000 Catherine Kehl started the forum topic So how does that blogging work for you, anyway? in the group Buddhist Bloggers: I'm curious about how blogging fits into people's lives. Having done a fair bit of writing at other points of my life, I've been somewhat hesitant to write much about many parts of my practice because I've wanted to keep the focus on what I'm doing as I'm doing it, and I'm over apt to [...]

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