Dave;
You're obviously not a buddhist, or you'd know it's an eightfold path, not a
seven. I believe #8 should be about how ego is an illusion, and we really
are not seperate from anything including our LBCs. We are very much like our
cars in that we all need SOME amount of restoration/improvement. Even a
concours car needs something. Then again some of us are like the average
LBC...getting by, but always close to the possibility of breaking down
(especially if you try to tell a joke to this group), and surely there's a
long list of needed work.
ken shapiro
baltimore
1970 GT6+ KC81872L
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
To: Beth & Ken <bethken@erols.com>
Cc: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 7:49 PM
Subject: Fw: break downs
>
> Ken writes:
>
> > No..I am fed up with powder coating! As all good buddhists know,
> everything
> > is impermanent. So why go to the trouble/expense of powdercoating? Our
> LBCs
> > will eventually be gone anyway. We only prolong the inevitable and cause
> > ourselves great suffering through the illusion that we're preserving our
> > cars.
> >
> > Om Mane Padme Hummmmmmm,
> >
> > ken shapiro
>
>
> Ok, Ken, What's the seven fold path in auto restoration?
>
> 1) Self realization that your car is in need of restoration.
> 2) Commitment to taking on the task at hand.
> 3) Becoming one with each part as you take it off of the car.
> 4) Allowing each part to be reborn anew.
> 5) The melding of each part as they become one with the universe (of the
> car, that is).
> 6) Achieving the state of enlighenment when you enlighten the engine for
> the first tiem.
> 7) The eventual wear down of the car as you enjoy your toy in its new
> inCARnation.
>
> Or am I wrong?
>
> Dave (at least in this life)
>
> ;-)
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