They say that Zen is a system of contradictions and that just when we think we are beginning to understand it, it turns things on their head and we are back to square one. This is a deliberate way of helping us to change our perspective and not to become trapped by our own thought … Continue reading Being
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The Watcher
For a split second the grasp on an ice cold metal clasp can burn the naked skin exactly as if it were red-hot. There is self-consciousness and there is un-self-consciousness. This latter is a state of wholeness whereby the mind functions freely, easily, without the ego colouring it. It is the letting of the body … Continue reading The Watcher
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