This week’s Zen story is about focus. The human mind is so amazing because it can wander to so many things. Imagination can be vivid and real. It’s easy for our attention to be drawn from one thing to another. In fact, that’s one of the things that distinguishes a child: the mind and imagination …
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Focus
Today’s Zen story is focus. What is that single point of reality that we come from? You find it when you are completely focused. Pro tip: Artists and musicians have that kind of focus! See the https://mapremzareen.com/the-three-sons/
The Three Sons
Once there was a king who had three sons. They were all really great. They had been trained by the finest teachers, and they had all grown into magnificent young men. The oldest was the bravest. He’d hunted for bears in the high mountains. He brought back hides for rugs. He could challenge any man …
Ordinary Women
Non-duality moment… what would it be like as a woman to value ordinariness? A relaxed ordinariness? It might be the solution to all your problems.
Perception
We all know that the sun doesn’t rise or set. What actually happens is that the sun is (relatively) stationary and the earth is spinning around. The Zen of Astronomy So there was this one modern mystic who gave us a great Zen Story. He said, “What would it look like if the sun actually …
Ordinariness
This week’s Zen story is another one about ordinariness. It’s a story about Bankai from a long time ago. It’s about how we are always hankering for miracles and magic. Islam includes this An interesting little tidbit about Mohammed, and tribal society at the time of Mohammed, was they didn’t like miracles either. The reason …
Finding Reality
What would it be like if we stopped looking for miracles. That’s what this week’s Zen story is about. We might actually find reality. Reality is that place where nothing is broken.
Bankai’s Miracle
Here’s another story about Bankai. One day he’s sitting there with his disciples just quietly teaching. Having a moment, maybe a cup of tea. When a disciple of another sect comes walking up and he says, “Bankai. My master can stand on one side of the river with a brush in his hand and write …