Zen is an alternative way of seeing things, a different perspective. For example, there is the usual way of seeing a tree and then there is another way, the Zen way of seeing a tree. Zen is a state of consciousness. It seems to me that most people are far from Zen. However a lack of insight into Zen is no proof that it does not exist. It is only because of not being aware and not trying to find Zen that it does not reveal itself. Alcohol and drugs can alter the way the mind sees things and so can Zen. To see an example of different perceptions of the same thing, get a pen and some paper and draw a cube. Look at it. There is the three dimensional cube. Keep on looking at it. What you are seeing changes. It no longer appears to be a cube, but seems to be flat, yet it is the same thing but seen in a different way. Zen is an escape from all kinds of suffering. Some of the ways the seeker can find Zen are by meditating, thinking and reading. Words can be used to guide the seeker to Zen. I would describe the usual way of seeing things as conceptional and the Zen way as non-conceptional. Being in Zen is like no longer being locked up in a cage. One way the seeker can find Zen is by questioning and observing how things are. What follows are examples of this and how words can be used to guide the seeker to Zen. What follows might seem "ridiculous", but it is this " ridiculous" that challenges the usual way of perception and creates a revolution in the mind of the seeker. The seeker walks over fields of green grass. The color of grass is green or is it? Is it the grass that is green or the green that is green? The seeker stands on top of a mountain and sees a vast view. The seeker notices a hill, a house, a road, a tree. All seem to be different in appearance. But in Zen Buddhism they are all the same. The seeker looks in the mirror once to see the seeker. To see the seeker the Zen Buddhism way is not to see the seeker. The seeker and not the seeker are the same. Again the seeker looks in the mirror, only to find the image itself is pure Zen. My course on meditation should help you find Zen. My next video will be about meditation. Meditation is a good way to find Zen. A good kind of meditation can be seen in my second You Tube Video. Meditation helps you to stop smoking and drinking. Zen should stop your smoking, drink or drug problem for obvious reasons. My video is a relaxing meditation for Zen. In this video I will show you how to meditate. My advice to you to help you stop smoking and drinking is to try not to smoke or to drink when you get up in the morning and to keep on trying through the day. Go for a walk and do one of my meditations. My meditation should help you. Meditation should help you by keeping your mind occupied by meditating on something positive instead of thinking about smoking or drinking. Have you ever considered giving-up smoking and drinking.? It is good to give up smoking and drinking to excess because it is expensive, time consuming and bad for psychological and physical health. Smoke smells and gets into clothes. Drinking to excess can make people argumentative and aggressive. Drinking to excess can cause accidents. Drinking and smoking harms you and might upset others around you. My Zen meditation is good for psychological and physical health, good for confidence building. It can help make you a more imaginative and creative person. It gives one the discipline and self-control to say no to excess of alcohol and to a cigarette. Instead of having that extra drink of alcohol which won’t do you any good, have a drink of my meditation which will help you. Would like to break-out of the cycle of over-eating or drug abuse? My Zen meditation should help you stop smoking, drinking, abusing drugs and eating too much. No matter whatever problem you have my Zen meditation should help. A way of getting to Zen is to observe things around you and to meditate on what you see. In my meditations, I am trying to get you to see things differently, just like a real artist does!
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It is raining. What does the seeker do to stop the rain? The seeker does nothing outwardly, but sees the rain the Zen way. No need for an umbrella for in the truth there is no difference between rain and not rain. Many stars shine high above. How many stars are there? A number is not the answer. Zen is the answer. Suddenly the stars move at a great pace together, merging as one big mass of light. This is like enlightenment as it merges all the concepts of the mind together to make enlightenment. There is the painting with houses, roads, sky and figures. The paint is completely wiped away to reveal Zen. Going forward is going backward and going backward is going forward. Today is Monday, tomorrow is Monday, the day after is Monday too. Tomorrow is yesterday and yesterday is today. The reader asks what is Zen Buddhism? The writer says what Zen Buddhism is , is just as much not Zen as what Zen Buddhism is not, for what is Zen Buddhism and what it is not are concepts of the not Zen.
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