I was a "Zen" guy for about 10 years. It was only later that I came to understand the purpose of the koans and the uber-strict practices. The 10-years in it, I was of course TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. And that was my mistake.
Just as the story of your poem points in this direction, I'll share a "channeled" message from Jeshua (Jesus) that I recall daily and consider the most profound I've ever come across.
"The way of mastery is easy and without effort. There is nothing to fix and nothing to achieve".
Wrap your mind around that one, or perhaps, better said, get your "mind" out of the way if you can. This is the HARD PART!!!
Saying the same thing as the instant realization of the Zen nun methinks....
It comes in a flash of recognition and the EXPERIENCE is unmistakable. The hard part is maintaining it, or perhaps better said, not TRYING to maintain it. This is the mistake...TRYING. Not my will but thine.
Such is what we call a GLIMPSE of reality and our true nature, as it fades back into the background while we confusedly ponder our present, astonishing and undeniable EXPERIENCE of reality for a brief period -> Awakening, enlightenment, resurrection....different words pointing to the same idea...
No-thing-ness, Every-thing-ness, Oneness, Emptiness, Wholeness. Words can't describe, but still we try, because it is beyond the matrix (of thought) - outside the box.
Another of my favorite quotes from Nisargadatta Maharaj sums it up best; I know that I am nothing and that is wisdom and I know that I am everything and that is love; and between the two my life moves"......... ahhh.....goosebumps every time!
Deep thoughts today. Always enjoy our interactions my friend. Enjoy the ride!
I would say that that is the message of No Water, No Moon.
If you try to save the bucket, you will lose the water. But in losing the water, you will then realize that you lost the moon. But... you didn't lose the moon. Look up. It is there. And realize that the moon is only in your bucket when the bucket is in good repair and filled with your water, but also that even with this said, the moon is still with you. Just not in your bucket.
"Zen" in Japanese means "Nothing". But if you studied that long, you know.
Mushin/Shoshin. No Mind/Beginner Mind.
And I say unto you, in order to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, one must become as a child. - JC
I was a "Zen" guy for about 10 years. It was only later that I came to understand the purpose of the koans and the uber-strict practices. The 10-years in it, I was of course TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. And that was my mistake.
Just as the story of your poem points in this direction, I'll share a "channeled" message from Jeshua (Jesus) that I recall daily and consider the most profound I've ever come across.
"The way of mastery is easy and without effort. There is nothing to fix and nothing to achieve".
Wrap your mind around that one, or perhaps, better said, get your "mind" out of the way if you can. This is the HARD PART!!!
Saying the same thing as the instant realization of the Zen nun methinks....
It comes in a flash of recognition and the EXPERIENCE is unmistakable. The hard part is maintaining it, or perhaps better said, not TRYING to maintain it. This is the mistake...TRYING. Not my will but thine.
Such is what we call a GLIMPSE of reality and our true nature, as it fades back into the background while we confusedly ponder our present, astonishing and undeniable EXPERIENCE of reality for a brief period -> Awakening, enlightenment, resurrection....different words pointing to the same idea...
No-thing-ness, Every-thing-ness, Oneness, Emptiness, Wholeness. Words can't describe, but still we try, because it is beyond the matrix (of thought) - outside the box.
Another of my favorite quotes from Nisargadatta Maharaj sums it up best; I know that I am nothing and that is wisdom and I know that I am everything and that is love; and between the two my life moves"......... ahhh.....goosebumps every time!
Deep thoughts today. Always enjoy our interactions my friend. Enjoy the ride!
I would say that that is the message of No Water, No Moon.
If you try to save the bucket, you will lose the water. But in losing the water, you will then realize that you lost the moon. But... you didn't lose the moon. Look up. It is there. And realize that the moon is only in your bucket when the bucket is in good repair and filled with your water, but also that even with this said, the moon is still with you. Just not in your bucket.
"Zen" in Japanese means "Nothing". But if you studied that long, you know.
Mushin/Shoshin. No Mind/Beginner Mind.
And I say unto you, in order to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, one must become as a child. - JC
Spot on!