Zen helps me along the holy madman path. I like this way of being but it is not for everybody.
The people who I’ve met who were once fierce (whether fierce nerds or fierce in different capacities) and didn’t take the riskier yet ambitious path are almost universally deeply unhappy, negative, cynical, and deeply bitter (I’m related to several such individuals) or have become totally passive and checked out.
Is it the control of yet unbinding (de-categorizing might be a better word) of self, clarity of thought, and wordless insights that one gains which provide the benefit? Or some other things?
Practising Zen does seem particularly useful for learning how to better carve reality at its joints, so that must be a significant beneficial impact, yes?
Zen quiets your mind. It feels like what happens one minute into this scene from Wonder Woman where the music changes, the world slows down, the noise disappears and you get back to what you were supposed to be doing all along.
That matches with my (albeit limited) experience of Zen so far. The quiet and power gained from it makes it easier to do things to further oneself down that path, I think.
Zen helps me along the holy madman path. I like this way of being but it is not for everybody.
Good food for thought. This may explain a lot.
How does Zen help you move along that path?
Is it the control of yet unbinding (de-categorizing might be a better word) of self, clarity of thought, and wordless insights that one gains which provide the benefit? Or some other things?
Practising Zen does seem particularly useful for learning how to better carve reality at its joints, so that must be a significant beneficial impact, yes?
Zen quiets your mind. It feels like what happens one minute into this scene from Wonder Woman where the music changes, the world slows down, the noise disappears and you get back to what you were supposed to be doing all along.
Thank you :)
That matches with my (albeit limited) experience of Zen so far. The quiet and power gained from it makes it easier to do things to further oneself down that path, I think.