21 December 2008
Za-Zen
Section: Meditation - Category: Zen meditation
For westerners, Zen meditation (Za-Zen) used to be hard to digest before an American, Genpo Roshi (Dennis Merzel) – the highest ranked Zen master outside Japan, tweaked it to suit the different Western mentality. Combining Za-Zen with insights from Western psychological pioneers such as Carl Jung, Fritz Perls and Hal Stone, Genpo Roshi created the Big Mind process that gives the practitioner a glimpse into the enlightenment, the serene feeling of divine. This glimpse can be subsequently repeated and prolonged by sustained meditation.
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Mind quotes
Spirituality exists wherever we struggle with the issue of how our lives fit into the greater cosmic scheme of things. This is true even when our questions never give way to specific answers or give rise to specific practices such as prayer or meditation. We encounter spiritual issues every time we wonder where the universe comes from, why we are here, or what happens when we die. We also become spiritual when we become moved by values such as beauty, love, or creativity that seem to reveal a meaning or power beyond our visible world. An idea or practice is spiritual when it reveals our personal desire to establish a felt-relationship with the deepest meanings or powers governing life.Robert C. Fuller





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