Zen

Zen is a transformation of the self. A waking up to our true awareness. In “existence” everything is dependent on the subject and object distinction. In true awareness there is a unification of subject and object. Ultimately this is a manifestation of our highest wisdom and compassion. No self or other, no world or time and no life or death. It is the awareness we are born with and gradually layer over with our conceptual minds.

Subject is the mind’s background contrast to an object of awareness. If we are aware of the day it is in counterdistinction to the night. If we are suffering it is in distinction to a prior happiness. In the formless awareness the two distinctions unify and the observing self dissolves. The relativity of subject and object are ultimately formless. This is experienced as a fundamental liberation from existence.

Meditation is a tool for cultivation of this liberating insight. It is often a lifetime practice and not realized without many, many years of commitment. Our true awareness is always functioning as the bedrock of existence. It is right here, right now — inseparable. Reality IS nirvana. Wake up!