Having been raised by a Sociopathic father, who was jailed and later sent to a Psychiatric ward for electro-shock therapy, I had bitten my finger nails since I was 5 years old, an activity which can be a lot like cutting. Once, when I was in a Zen temple in Japan, I told my teacher, (86 years old now, 74 then), about the nail biting. ”Mmmmmmmm????” he said with the strangest bewilderment. ”This is Buddha, you are biting Buddha!” He then brough his Kusaku stick smashing down on the Tatami mat. ”Damae!” (wrong, selfish, or improper behavior). I never thought a little, 74 year old man could e ...
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