This is a dialogue between a student and a Zen teacher. Can you tell me what Zen is all about? I need to understand Zen in order to progress in my quest. NO....NO I cannot explain Zen because there is nothing to explain and you cannot understand because there is nothing to understand. Words and […]
They are called seals because there are the landmarks of Buddha 50 years verbal teaching. They are SUFFERING, IMPERMANENCE, NO-SELF and NIRVANA. They represent the 4 standing blocks of his philosophy. Everything else rests on them.These words seem weird, complex and esoteric but we will see how logical and useful they are in our daily […]
We all have an individual consciousness (IC) that is a state of awareness even if most of the time we behave in our life on an auto pilot mode with our mind wandering around continuously and usually not been in the present moment. In addition to our individual consciousness we are also part of a […]
Words are wonderful thinking and communication tools and we are addicted to them non stop. 1- We are thinking through words. No other choice. Words are the fuel of our mind producing our thoughts, concepts, ideas and opinions. No word, no mind. When we think we talk to ourselves and we talk to ourselves all […]
How often during the day we are “sleep walking” doing things from pure habits, conventions and routine? How often are we in auto pilot mode submitted to our ongoing thoughts like thinking zombies? The answer is almost all the time. There is nothing wrong to follow our daily routine but it should be within a […]
Famous Japanese Zen Master Hashida used to repeat over and over: " To discover awakening is to discover your true self To discover your true self is to meditate & practice Zen To meditate & practice Zen is to study your own self To study your own self is to forget your […]
The 6 Realities of life that our ego centered mind is distorting all the time: Nothing lasts including self. Good & bad stuff are transient. This is part of Life & Evolution. Without the endless circle of birth & death Life & Evolution would not exist. Believing otherwise is an illusion. Nothing can be […]
Are we behaving like Easter Bunnies? From a rabbit mind to a Zen mind We are spending most of our life searching continuously for "outside happiness", running around like 7.244 billions * “Easter rabbits” looking for one egg after another, all lifelong with an endless and never satisfied appetite. We become slave of our craving, desire, expectation, […]
1. Introduction Over the last 30 years or so meditation - like yoga - is enjoying huge interest as THE holy grail which is going to solve every personal problem such as stress, anxiety, sexual dysfunctions, poor self image, chronic fatigue, poor relationships, better mental concentration and many more.Based on unofficial figures the numbers of […]
Is meditation supposed to be boring? May be so. Think about it. During several minutes we sit still like a statue and focus on our body, on our mind anchor and incoming thoughts like a drill digging into the mystery of our inner self. This daily meditative exercise is just the opposite of what is […]
