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This whole discussion has been interesting.
I was reading some of "Everyday Zen" last night before bed, and this paragraph jumped out at me. Very relevant to this discussion I thought. The preceding paragraph was about how people tend to be always looking to some future event, some new purchase or state of being in order to be content:

"But when we do that we never see tis right-here-now, this very moment. We can't see it because we're filtering. What's coming in is something quite different. Just ask any ten people who read this book. You'll find they all tellyou something different. They'll forget the parts that don't quite catch them, they'll pick u something else, and they'll even block out the parts they don't like. Even when we got to our Zen teacher we hear only what we want to hear. Being open to a teacher means not just hearing what you want to hear, but hearing the whole thing. And the teacher's not there simply to be nice."

Those last two sentences are particularly relevant to unschooling discussions. Some people can't get past the ego issues to hear the information that is being shared, they want to get all riled up because someone questioned their parenting practices.
I find that centered, mindful and grounded people, don't react that way. (as you can see I have a long ways to go!!) They are convicted about their choices and very comfortable defending them. They can be questioned and not feel attacked....
Zen is the answer to all the world's problems I've decided. Zen and unschooling.:)

Ren




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