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#67 5 16 Jul 86 21:47:04
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From: Bo Orloff To: All
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Subj: Discordian Zen
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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 practice/
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rite. Soto Zen centers on zazen. Rinzai Zen on koan introspection. Fuke Zen
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centers on playing a particular kind of music on the shakuhachi (a bamboo
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flute). Elemental Zen centers on tea ceremony. Discordian Zen centers on
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the Rite of Not Knowing as its basic manifestation [see below].
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Performing the Rite of Not Knowing we enter into the realms of don't know
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mind. Letting go of our time and opinions, doing what appears, we become
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more flexible, less attached. Discordian Zen represents a new Zen manifes-
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tation. While the Rite of Not nowing represents Discordian Zen's primary
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practice (open to anyone), there exist additional practices/manifestations.
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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. It only
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seeks to manifest, transmit and expand the life-giving Chaos that consti-
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tutes our original nature, our original enlightenment. If you want to know
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more about Discordian Zen 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 action(s)/
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activity(ies) (I prefer one activity/action to a card, but you can have
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more if you like). For eexample:
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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 minutes.
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3- Mail the cards in to me, Tundra Wind, Box 429, Monte Rio,CA 95462.
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4- I shuffle all the cards I receive together and then, through random
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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 cards
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EXCEPT for those activities you wish to veto. This principle of the veto
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ensures that you don't have to do anything that violates your health
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and/or welfare.
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6- After you finish, mail the cards back to me (add new ones if you wish)
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and I then put them back in the stack to re-include them in the next
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round.
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The original constantly present and relentlessly emerging condition means
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nothing other than the life giving Chaos. Through this Rite one enters the
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original ungraspable, undefinable condition. The Chaotic vibrations of
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freedom and compassion flourish. Miraculously, one discovers that one loses
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nothing when one gives everything away.
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Feel free to give the Rite of Not Knowing to any you feel will have an
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interest in it.
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* Origin: ThelemaNet of Berkeley,CA (415)548-0163 (161/93)
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