03-17-2021, 04:20 PM
(03-16-2021, 10:47 AM)Ming the Merciful Wrote:(03-15-2021, 11:59 PM)Brandon Gwinn Wrote: to me(IMO) zen is a realization of the One spanning the initial practice of living with an intellectual awareness of absolute unity in each moment upon basic enlightenment on to the achievement of final and total reunification and dissolution within the infinite all. The One, IMO, is not a realization, it's just objective reality. i could be wrong, but those are my thoughts.
What it comes down to is the, (proverbial), "Nutshell". We are all seeking Liberation, in one form, (or another). Of God(s) and Man. Zen is an elusive beast, that is like an untamed animal. When you think you have found it in the bushes, it is suddenly appears behind you, (and laughing). When you think you understand the Reality of Zen, you realize how ignorant you are. Zen is a pinnacle that has to be climbed, and when you reach the summit, there is another pinnacle in front of you. When I was studying Zen, I was taught not to look with Intellectual Mind, because that is a false perspective. The only way to understand Zen is with Intuitive Mind. Most people in the West find Zen difficult because we are observing it incorrectly. Zen is not what it is, but what Zen is not. I saw a good quote a few days ago. "Zen is the unseen of the unseen".
i think what you're talking about is due to the infinite nature of the One. You could say that the source of zen is infinity. and like u said about zen, infinity can't truly be grasped or comprehended by the mind, except that infinity is unity, and unity is the One.