Indeed! Zen was/is the source of my constant return to a beginner's mindset. Few things have been more humbling that Zazen in all my years of exploration.
I too have had many significant moments when I stopped worrying about the practice, and just practiced. This has not just been in the realm of numinous experiences but also things like martial arts sparring. It's not that I don't engage my mind with the task...its that I also at the same time do not think about how I am engaging my mind with the task.
I can imagine, especially in martial arts, over thinking gets you hit and hurt. We have that wonderful tendency to overthink as modern humans, and the more important the task, the more we overthink it, it would seem. But flow and ease come from being "empty".
“Not knowing is most intimate.” Zen Koan
Indeed! Zen was/is the source of my constant return to a beginner's mindset. Few things have been more humbling that Zazen in all my years of exploration.
I practiced Advaita Vedanta and Zen and have integrated aspects into my practice. Utterly essential for the sanity.
As someone who is in the mysteries, w a great teacher I have so many questions. I feel that exhaustion, more so than I have in years.
Reading your post I realized I was doing too much, and that this is not for me to control. I know better Thanks💜
Sometimes, surrender is our best option.
I too have had many significant moments when I stopped worrying about the practice, and just practiced. This has not just been in the realm of numinous experiences but also things like martial arts sparring. It's not that I don't engage my mind with the task...its that I also at the same time do not think about how I am engaging my mind with the task.
I can imagine, especially in martial arts, over thinking gets you hit and hurt. We have that wonderful tendency to overthink as modern humans, and the more important the task, the more we overthink it, it would seem. But flow and ease come from being "empty".