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The two most important aspects to understand the “Tao” are:
1 That nothing happens, ever the same again.
2 This huge fabric consists of permanent changes, but doesn’t change itself. It is the archetype of time, being and non-being (life and death, etc - d.48) inclusive, the present, the future and the past. It's the big picture of ongoing duration, boundless space and endless change ... (P. Rawson / L. Legeza)

Since "Zen" targets its view over the symbols out on the things themselves, it recognizes all our prejudices about skin color, gender, and age and all other culture-related doctrines as a pure work of man, as not belonging properly to the nature of things ... (S. W. Holmes / C. Horioka)

“Zen” means fusion of Buddhism and Shintoism, etc... (dali48)

Everything exists according to its own nature. Our individual perceptions of value, accuracy, beauty and dimension exist only in our head (so the head should be cleaned out, etc. - d.48), nowhere else ...
Man is a child of nature and gets along best when he works hand in hand with it, rather then to dominate it ...
Security and immutability are chimeras of the “ego” dominated consciousness and do not exist in nature. To accept the uncertainty and yield to the unknown, creates a saving faith in "the whole" ...
One can only live in the present moment ... - The lively scene and the words about it, are not the same and should not be treated as equal ...

Fields and mountains - the snow took them away. Nothing remains ... (A "Haiku" by Yoso)

But in all events, there is no permanent unchanging soul. Do not quarrel with this idea. Simply give space to it. And then enjoy the peace that it brings with it ...

Rainy season - The entrance flooded, and splashing frogs are there ... (Sampu)

The moon drifted in a cloud: Should I not borrow me - a small juicy melon? ... (Shiki)

There is no “ego” in the sense of a persistent, unchanging soul or personality, who temporarily lives in a body ...
The lively “ego” is constantly changing. Live now - Accept yourself, as you are now - No one is only blamed or only praised ...
Because of this “ego” is purely imaginary, we can easily ascribe to it a stable and eternal nature. Our need for security leads us to believe that fact. If the “ego” is the center of our world, the acceptance of its mortality would make shake our whole world ...
In short, we pay for the illusion of an unchanging “ego” in that we have to constantly litigate against our environment ...

The water is flowing. We are living (i.e. living means flowing etc - d.48). - The last nightingale sings in a thicket of young bamboo - a song of age ... (Basho)

True insight comes not from special knowledge, from membership of the exclusive circles of doctrines and dogmas. It arises from unconscious intuitions of what we truly are, from our original wisdom...

No more oil (see electricity, etc. - d.48) to read, so off to bed! - Ah! My moonlight-pillow ... (Basho)

You silly scarecrow! Just below your feet - the birds peck the rice ... (Yayu)

Their names I do not know, but every weed - has its delicate flower ... (Sampu)

Thank you for your comments tonymac and JS etc. - "The way of tea (Japanese Chadô) has become one of the most important ways of Zen. This is not particularly surprising, since Zen knows more than any other philosophy of life that the meaning of life can be discovered in everyday life"... (A. Mentes-Wilsung / J. Bossert)

I love that! Thank you for sharing it!

Whether Zen is not a traditional philosophy or more an inner attitude - I don't want to have to decide - I prefer the Zen-moments (see "koans", etc.) in my life - the feeling of being in unity with life, e.g. I remember a moment during swimming as a sports student in Tübingen in the 70s when I felt myself as if being one with the water, and was as easily swimming as a fish - or during my phase of diseases when I was sitting in the water of a lake near Erkrath, and the little fishes were massaging my belly, and studying the disease inside of me - Thanks ... (d.48)

Ah - good that it helped you through an illness. Your willingness to find ways to heal yourself says much about your perspective, openness of mind and mood to see it for what it is, as you say, - not a religion. I might even go on to say it's maybe not even a philosophy in a traditional sense, so much as an inner attitude. One thing it brings to each of life's experience is fresh new appreciation and grasp of what that thing or situation really IS, it itself, rather than automatically retro-fitting each present experience (if even noticed) into a more rigid pre-decided model. I suspect that the practice exercises are to prepare one to let go of that retro-fitting of experience and to begin to be able to see and accept it as it is in its own way.
I can't say I ever practiced it but it sort of "sunk in" and almost seemed to find itself lurking in my consciousness anyway, possibly to have emerged in a similar expression whether or not I ever heard of Zen. But it certainly has touched my life and influenced my attitude & approach to life's challenges, as well as to its pleasures. It found little resistance or quarrel in me and I can feel it as it influences me, without being deliberately sought out.
I noticed in what I have read about it an outstanding & major difference between its perspective and "the Western" perspective. I am sure I have "western" influences; - after all, I'm "western" - even to my actual location, but I just didn't' feel attached to much that is "western" thought, perhaps due to my own beginnings. But it is so valuable to read and learn more about this. So it's good to know you and your experience and work. I must look into your books and articles touching on it. Thank you.

Thank you for your elaborated Comment about Zen - I discovered Zen in the Central Library Dusseldorf, when I searched for alternative therapies to heal myself in the 90s. It's very difficult to understand, because it cannot be defined exactly - Zen is no religion but a kind of philosophy with no dogmas, etc. You must be in the right mood to practice it, if you are not used to exercise it like Zen monks do it e.g. - For me the Zen phase is finished now. Zen accompanied me during my phase of diseases (1983 - ca. 2008). Only when I will be remembered of it by someone like you, I try to remember myself of my reading and experiences with Zen. In my books, etc. you can find much more about Zen, and similar other authors besides Watts and Suzuki etc... (d.48)

Ah. You're surely well informed about Zen - much more than I. I read books on the subject at one period of my life, Alan Watts, especially. But a major source of awareness was a friend who had lived in Japan, there several years to study ceramics and preach as a Church of Christ minister, along with his wife and kids. What he learned there was so eye-opening that it changed his life and his mind and actually resulted in his being ostracized by the church in which he was reared as a minister's son. He spoke Japanese fluently and had a bookshelf full of books in that language & translated from it on pottery, philosophy and novels. It stirred my curiosity. I read some of them and sought for understanding of what Zen teaches.
I once wrote something to the effect that if Zen is defined, that is not Zen. I perceive that as a problem for people: trying to herd any enlightened understanding into a handy vernacular lacking it, what it IS. Seems the fate of many, if not all of the great enlightened thought as it becomes reduced to mere "religion" by, for and to folks who haven't really reached a level of true understanding, though they may be questing for a "way". If people did understand or had ever understood Zen or any of many other valuable forms of enlightenment, perhaps the world would already be in a state of grace. If Zen can at least begin to transform it into that direction, it would be wonderful. During the "Beat Generation" there was quite an impetus toward embracing Zen but it became quickly unrecognizable, like so much that passes itself off as haiku, which is an excellent vehicle for expressing Zen without attempting to define it.

Thanks for enjoying my Hub, and your Comment Nellieanna - Sometimes I wrote some poetic tweets or short poems in haiku-style when I was inspired by nature during my daily trip by bike to a lake nearby. The occupation with Zen especially helped me a lot during the long phase of diseases till 2008 - I read many books about Zen by Suzuki, de Wetering, etc. - see also my books on bod.de, and practiced Zen at home and near a lake, etc. - I think that Zen might be a great help for resolving individual and collective problems in future ... (d.48)

Dall48 - so few who attempt to write haiku understand it. You really seem to. I'll bet your own haiku is good.
My personal perception is: "There is no problem" - based on the fact that IT is, no matter what or how we try to define it and there is no problem in or with IT. We exist as much as we do in the present, where "problems" result from our own choices, both individually and collectively and can be resolved if we understand that and look to ourselves to resolve them.
I've read quite a bit about zen and tao and it probably has influenced my view.
I enjoyed your hub immensely.

Thank you for your Comment D.S. - "In truth everything in this world has already happened ... and we all made it! It is always best to live in the moment" ... Your Comment is corresponding to my reading and own experiences from 1983 to ca. 2008, etc. - d.48

Thank you for an interesting hub! In truth everything in this world has already happened ... and we all made it! It is always best to live in the moment ...

Great hub...thanks for sharing

These words are beautiful to read, thank you. A small juicy melon sounds about right!
Love and peace
Tony

Thank you for your Comment - Yes, you are right. I did some poetry sometimes in tweet-form, inspired by Japanese haiku - for example on my daily way by bike to the park or in my diary books - Tagebuch 2008 etc. on bod.de - added in brackets ... (d.48)

Pollyannalana 
I think you write like poetry, have you done any poetry?
Polly

Tagebuch 2008 (German Edition)

Diary 2008 by dali48 contains many valuable tips from the alternative medicine and natural medicine. The introduction to Zen Buddhism is also good for laymen to understand. Inspiring and stimulating to further reading the excerpts from speeches of Nobel laureates in literature, etc. ..

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