When I read about enlightenment and transcending thoughts, words, and appearances, I worry that doing so would make me stupid.
If I don’t think in words and I stop distinguishing between subject and object, wouldn’t that make me more likely to make some deadly mistake or to make a fool of myself in conversation?
Zen masters always sound so witty in the texts, and I think I’ve read about zen’a focus on awareness and the present moment being helpful to warriors like the samurai.
But whenever I think about the changes in perspective/consciousness that might be necessary to realize enlightenment, it sounds like I’d be avoiding the type of thought that makes a person able to function in modern society.
Can someone please help me to understand this better? I’ve been trying to explore/experience zen lately but the anxiety I get about somehow becoming less functional makes it hard to let go of my normal way of thinking.
Submitted May 07, 2020 at 10:44AM by Histoic https://ift.tt/3b4Xxgk
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