meditation
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Zen is sometimes called the “anti-philosophy.” Rather than shaping our ideas, it seeks to dissipate them, to allow a direct experience of reality. ¹ Inner musings can often reflect a resistance to change, which is the root of suffering according to Zen teaching. Our sense of well being attaches to the way things are –…
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“We hear two hands clap. What is the sound of one hand clapping?” ¹ This is a Zen kōan – a phrase to help us see the world as it is, not as our intellect conceives it. ² Upon verbalizing the words aloud, an ex-girlfriend came to mind. Aika had been the other hand of…
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Two hands clap with soundTell us if one hand refrainedWhat our ears have found? First a cup is drainedOr by a kettle is drownedThus a brain is trained. Saying not a wordBut with silence unattainedHow is the truth heard? A sea of regretHolds a single stone to clenchBy a hand not wet. As the shore…