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March 12, 2003

TITLE: IS "NOTHING" SACRED?
By The Duck of Zen

Apparently it is. Why just hours after the first Duck Club email went out, hundreds of people began responding with their expressed need to join the Club. Nothingness had caught on and the dedication to maintaining meaninglessness at all costs while postponing everything that has to do with anything just seemed so right……and to so many. To say I was stunned is just a masterpiece of understatement.

I mean, let me just share with all of you what happened this weekend at a workshop following my sharing with the audience the creation of a Duck Club where meaninglessness is celebrated and indulged. I told the group about the initial Duck Club letter and poof….right after lunch, I returned to the stage to discover it was covered with stuffed ducks and even one yellow tub duck. And then…. (this was a real wow)…someone had managed to find - in ONE HOUR - a duck toilet seat….. (if the person who purchased that item is reading this, pls contact me). It didn't take me long to realize that Nothingness and a commitment to purposelessness at all costs had caught on….but why?

People have been sending in hilarious responses and the numbers of Duck Club members are increasing daily….The dedication to indulging in true meaningless is absolutely touching…and personally so gratifying. Obviously laughing is in precious short supply.....but we are going to change that, aren't we?

I have to admit, it gives me pause….I entered into Nothingness to check it out….to report back to other members of the Duck Club about the interior of Nothingness…and of course, how to get there without getting lost on the way. Nothingness can be so hard to find, especially if you are weighted down with that search for meaning, meaning, meaning….Enough of that….put the search for meaning on hold for a while. The way I figure it, if something has meaning, it will find me….without effort and for no purpose at all. Meaning and purpose should not take effort.

So the question is, 'How do you indulge nothingness when every one around you insists that you take life seriously?" Bla to them, I say. Let them get the headaches that come from worrying that their lives are empty. Better to just welcome in the empty space where stress is no more because you have finally outwitted the meaningless passion to assign value to everything… I've seen so many people suffer from the lack of purpose. When I'm in my Duck frame of mind, I find myself tempted to say things like, "Well so okay, your life IS meaningless. You should be delighted. You've arrived at enlightenment….and still you complain????? You should be cursed with meaningfulness then. May everything you do from now on have purpose and direction and let's see if THAT makes you happy." But people are soooooooo sensitive, and so often, I've discovered, they just can't see the Sacred in the absurdity of their lives. I mean, what is it with people that they just can't "get it" that to finally achieve a sense of nothingness IS a touch of the Sacred in nonaction. Some people can't take a joke…

I mean, let's face it, this suffering for meaning - (along with fasting for it…which makes absolutely no sense to this girl) has gone on a bit too long for my taste. Maybe there is a diet that Duck Club members can create that increases meaninglessness….and like maybe there are herbs out there just waiting for the opportunity to contribute nothing whatsoever to our meals. I think a diet without any purpose at all just sparkles with Sacred potential….After all, the Sacred seems to be at home in purposelessness and in empty space.

And at the end of the day, that's what Duck Club members need to keep in mind: Ducks don't worry about direction in life….That's a given…Ducks fly on instincts on well charted intuitive paths….There's "nothing" to it. Sacred flight paths have been in place for Ducks since creation began. Remember that when you start slipping into the suffering and quite unnecessary search for meaning….Your path is already charted for you….trust your instincts, trust creation.

And that's it for the Duck of Zen. I would write more but the Bride of Frankenstein is on and I am practically hysterical watching Gene Wilder and Gilda wandering around this outrageous mansion…..for no meaning and no purpose whatsoever. How I wish I had neighbors like the characters in this movie. Some people have all the luck. Maybe the Duck of Zen should explore the spiritual meaninglessness of the Bride of Frankenstein. (No one has a right to complain about their family after watching this flick). NOTE: There is a fabulous duck scene in this movie…

Oh…and this just in from the Duck in the Bush, our east coast investigative reporter covering the meaningless events taking place in La Casa del Blanco. Our Duck in the Bush reports that he was called into his observational position due to reports of major misuse of "duck tape"…..He notes in great detail that the chief resident of La Casa del Blanco has been running around his office duck taping all his windows, apparently under orders from the on-staff intelligence facilitators in charge of generating useless ideas and suggestions, of which there is no short supply. According to our Duck in the Bush, the chief resident even ordered that duck tape be put around the "bill" of rights…..hum….Well, apparently this chief resident is doing what all good leaders do….he follows orders.

If any of you have an interest in joining the Duck Club and its dedication to promoting meaningless, purposelessness, and humor, contact: amy@myss.com with your duck title and email address. We now have a "duck club forum" dedicated to exchanging stories of nothingness and absurdity....and of course, I would LOVE to share all duck stories that support humor...with your permission, of course....Contribute away....
Much, much love.....xoxoxo

If you can think of any one who needs a bit of humor and could use some passion to do with nothing, let me encourage you to send them this Duck Club letter. And remember, send in your Duck stories to share, specializing in "life's absurd observations".......love, love.....the Duck of Zen

(And should any of you want to join me in exploring a more classic approach to spirituality, consider joining the Salon).

To register for the On Line Salon

Hail to All Ducks
The Duck of Zen

CMED INSTITUTE

I want to offer a heartfelt personal thank you to all the people who have signed up for the groundbreaking workshop that will initiate the Caroline Myss Education Institute here in Chicago. I'm thrilled to report that just two months after we started accepting registration in the Institute's opening sessions for the first 2003 workshop, all 170 places have been filled! I'm already hard at work planning the special curriculum that will make up this historic new two-year program. I'm excited to be setting out on this voyage of discovery with all of you as my valued shipmates.
Because of this overwhelming response to the first workshop, I'm also pleased to announce that I will be initiating another two-year program in 2004. CMED Institute will begin accepting registrations for the 2004 workshops immediately. Click here CMED INSTITUTE for more detailed information on the CMED Institute and to register for the new two-year program for 2004-2005.
Love,
Caroline

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Finding Your Sacred Contract Live Audio
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Calander of Events

March 2003 - Seven Ways You Sabotage Your Enlightenment
OMEGA Event
New York, NY
March 22
1-800-944-1001

April 2003 - The Call to Live a Symbolic Life
The Conference works
April 11-12 2003
San Fransisco
800 395 8445

April 2003 - Sacred Contracts
Sacred Contracts
April 15, 2003
The Continuum Center
Minneapolis, MN
(612)374-4948
jane@continuumcenter.net