Dienstag, 31. Januar 2017

31.01.2017 - Dogen3 and the goal of Zen etc...




dali48 and writing books and photographing trees etc...


13.11.1997 - Interpretation of dali48

To kill or oppress all desires and ideas is not the aim of Zen - Now it is a desire without desire, a desire which is not directed at any particular object - but is opened to the transcendental mystery...

The realization of the mystery is the ultimate reason and the source of our detachment and freedom, but immediately it is the letting be and the integration of our oppressed, hidden aspect of the shadow - It is to "let yourself be like you are" - and also to let the "other person be like it is"...

"God" is not found by searching - and is never found by those who do not seek... (Sufi saying)

Consider the body as transient, as an abscess, a poisonous tooth, a source of pain - And the same is said of feeling, of perception, of activities, and consciousness - Passionlessness has the purpose of getting liberation...

"Emptiness" - can be described as a mystery in the Christian language...

That the "self" becomes evident, and confirms the myriad of things, is called blindness - That the myriad of things become evident and confirm the "self" is "enlightenment"... (Dogen)

The "Zen Experience" opens the heart and the spirit for the bottom of life - for the realization of "Nirvana" in the middle of "Samsara", and from Samsara as Nivana...

There are plenty of "koans" and Zen stories - which are dealing with violence, vulnerability, filth, "shit" and death...

It is only in conjunction with and in the integration of the "shadow" - evil, death, mortality and vulnerability that man is truly realized - "Zen enlightenment" and its deepening should normally lead to such an integration...

"Enlightenment" in Zen is the experience of emptiness (mystery) - and "non-duality"... (Dogen)


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