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Zen Facism

Ethan Hawke

10:45 / 20.07.01

What's it all about, then? I didn't read Marvel Boy and have little desire to, but I am curious about this evocative little phrase. Is there a "Program for Zen Fascism" out there? Can someone venture one?

Our Lady of The Two Towers

13:44 / 20.07.01

Didn't someone attempt a definition along the lines of a Zen Fascist takes complete control of your life because they genuinely do know whats best for you?

grant

15:15 / 20.07.01

Nah, it has to do with non-attachment of the ego. The Self, once illuminated, realizes its connection to all life. That's Buddhism.
If you subsume others into a mass where the individual is not valued over the group, that's fascism.

Rollo Kim, on location

15:40 / 20.07.01

How about Holographic Zen Fascism? We are all fragments of the whole, each capable of containing the whole?

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06:54 / 22.07.01

.. what if a whole buncha zen monks all lose their ego through transcendental meditation at the same time, the resulting mass of humans all connected into one being could comprise a single zen fascist ...
Johnny's seen this happen once in Laos, & lemme tellya, these boys are as Zen as hell & with all individuality subsumed into the one, they'll kick your ass clear off the wheel & into the middle of the next cycle of time...

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