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I recently received the following from a friend:
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ABOUT DISCORDIAN ZEN
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Many kinds of Zen exist. Each variety centers around a particular
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practice/ rite. Soto Zen centers on zazen. Rinzai Zen on koan
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introspection. Fuke Zen centers on playing a particular kind of
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music on the shakuhachi (a bamboo flute). Elemental Zen centers on
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tea ceremony. Discordian Zen centers on the Rite of Not Knowing as
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its basic manifestation [see below].
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Performing the Rite of Not Knowing we enter into the realms of
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don't know mind. Letting go of our time and opinions, doing what
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appears, we become more flexible, less attached. Discordian Zen
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represents a new Zen manifes- tation. While the Rite of Not nowing
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represents Discordian Zen's primary practice (open to anyone),
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there exist additional practices/manifestations. These include:
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1- The Zen Precepts
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2- A new manner of speaking
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3- A new mainfestation of time
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4- Reweaving the web of life
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Discordian Zen has no temples, no location, no tax exempt status.
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It only seeks to manifest, transmit and expand the life-giving
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Chaos that consti- tutes our original nature, our original
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enlightenment. If you want to know more about Discordian Zen
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please write to:
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Tundra Wind
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PO Box 429
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Monte Rio, CA 95462
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THE BASIC PRACTICE OF DISCORDIAN ZEN
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The Rite of Not Knowing
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1- Materials
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3x5" file cards (lined or unlined)
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Pen
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Envelope
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Stamps
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2- On each file cars (as many as you choose to use) write simple
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action(s)/ activity(ies) (I prefer one activity/action to a
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card, but you can have more if you like). For example:
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Walk around the block 3 times.
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Eat a hot dog bun.
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Do 50 jumping jacks.
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Listen to 5 different radio stations simultaneously for 5
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minutes.
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3- Mail the cards in to me, Tundra Wind, Box 429, Monte Rio,CA
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95462.
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4- I shuffle all the cards I receive together and then, through
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random means, decide how many cards to send back to you.
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5- I mail cards to you. You perform the actions/activities on the
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cards EXCEPT for those activities you wish to veto. This
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principle of the veto ensures that you don't have to do
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anything that violates your health and/or welfare.
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6- After you finish, mail the cards back to me (add new ones if
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you wish) and I then put them back in the stack to re-include
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them in the next round.
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The original constantly present and relentlessly emerging
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condition means nothing other than the life giving Chaos. Through
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this Rite one enters the original ungraspable, undefinable
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condition. The Chaotic vibrations of freedom and compassion
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flourish. Miraculously, one discovers that one loses nothing when
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one gives everything away.
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Feel free to give the Rite of Not Knowing to any you feel will
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have an interest in it.
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