I wonder...

Subhuti asked: "If one wants to know emptiness, how should one do it?"

"The one who wants to realize emptiness should adore reality, develop a skill in living in the world, and cultivate friends of the same mind. Skill can only be developed in the presence of reality, not otherwise. Endowed with skill, the person gives without the idea of a giver and lives in the realization that all the factors of existence have no ultimate substance."

-Prajnaparamita

I wonder if thats a fancy way of saying what you do daily doesn't mean shit, expand your horizions...

To my mind, democracy is more compassionate, more harmonious, more friendly than any other system. It respects others' rights and considers others equally as human brothers and sisters. Although you might disagree with them, you have to respect their wishes.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Ummm, no, you do not have to respect their WISHES, just their right to live free. Afterall, if they wished me death, why should I respect that? UNLESS they're not respecting my wishes to LIVE by wishing I was dead... Therefore they can't wish me death...

Body impermanent like spring mist;
mind insubstantial like empty sky;
thoughts unestablished like breezes in space.

Think about these three points over and over.

-Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"

My farts are like the nasty mist cloud, my mind fills with blood when I pop wood, and my thoughts are always about tits. I think of these things over and over... If I thought about that other shit Godrakpa was talking about, over and over, I'd never get the pussy. Maybe I'll join my thoughts this weekend in the air for an hour of flight time.

Before you begin meditation take several slow, deep breaths. Hold your body erect, allowing your breathing to become normal again. Many thoughts will crowd into your mind, ignore them, letting them go. If they persist be aware of them with the awareness, which does not think. In other words, think non-thinking.

-Zen Master Dogen, "Fukanzazengi"

This is actually true and REALLY hard to do. Can you do it? Do you Yahoo? Got milk? Reach out and touch somebody? Was she cute?