New guy reads transmission of mind

What little I know about zen is mainly from Alan

Watts, several of you most likely know him. I was

asked to create a thread about this topic from

WanderingRoninXII after he recommended that I read

it. After reading transmission of mind and hearing

plenty from zen practitioners I would say I have

gained a better understanding of zen. I realized just

how often I get into a zen state and after reading

about the more conceptual ideas that are actually

ani-conceptual or rather anti discriminatory (not a

race or gender idea but saying that this is that and

that is this) the idea that all things is made up of one

substance is a very scientific idea in fact it is arguably

true. And there is the idea of the void and it’s relation

to the mind or much rather that the mind and the

void are the same. This is only one of the ideas that

are paradoxical another is the idea that in order to

become a Buddha you must not want to become a

Buddha.

If the zen idea of enlightenment is to detach yourself

from desire then you must not want to desire not to

have desire. I have seen again that I see seemingly

paradoxical concepts and I realize now while yes they

technically are paradoxical ways it is impossible for

vocabulary to describe enlightenment thus the way

towards enlightenment would seem not to make that

much sense to a new comer. How do you decide that

you will let yourself commit a spontaneous action?

The secret is not to think about it, this goes back to

the idea of not being able to describe enlightenment.

There is in zen a way to gain enlightenment that can

not be described only done. How do you commit a

spontaneous action? You simply do it. And at first

glance this seems to not be logical which if your

looking at it from a confined conceptual view it is but

being able to let into the void and get into a zen state

simply is how it is. There is just doing, to be present,

how else would we be able to drive a car if we couldn’t

act without thought? Enlightenment is something

that cannot be described or attained by traditional

means. To empty the mind in zen does not actually

make you less conscious it actually allows you to have

an external mind, one that is one with your

environment.

Submitted February 03, 2019 at 10:12AM by CounterUAVwave_1 http://bit.ly/2UBcf72