Rules We have so many rules about what we want an enlightenment teacher to look like. What we want a spiritual teacher of any kind to look like. And there’s lots of problems involved with that. Number one, first and foremost is that you are going to miss the true teacher. Because as we’ve been …
Author Archives: Zareen
Your Mind is Just a Tool
You are not your mind, because you can use your mind as a tool. Like think of something that is red. Then think of something that’s blue. You are the one that used the tool to do those different things.
Fertility Blessing
This is a story about Bau Sin Tao. One day he was sitting in the marketplace, with his disciples, and friends, and family all around. And a woman comes up to him. She says, “Bau Sin. Years ago your master gave my mother a blessing and right after that she became pregnant with me and …
Zen Masters are Tricky
Zen masters are very tricky folk. They are not going to necessarily do what you think they should do. They are not going to follow your rules.
Never be For or Against
To hold the truth before you, never be for or against. This is a fabulous Zen saying, but it’s important to realize that this doesn’t mean to not be discerning at all. What it means to constantly question the belief system that sits in your mind. Always stop and examine yourself. Don’t be for it. …
What does Nothing Look Like?
What does nothing look like? Well it doesn’t look like much of anything, does it? That’s so much the meaning of this week’s Zen story.
What does Nothing Look Like?
Okay, all playing aside… well with me it probably won’t stay aside for very long. But this week’s Zen story, Where the Wind Takes. It’s the two young boys who are meeting on the path. And the one boy is trying hard to follow the rules and look spiritual like his monastery. The other boy, …
We Try to Look Spiritual
So… yeah. Don’t lie about it. We all try to look spiritual. Don’t we? We try to look more loving. We try to follow the books that we’ve read and look like we are supposed to look. We even have spiritual clothes We all do it! That is fabulous. You want to know what it …