“Meditation is a vital component of the practice of Zen Buddhism.”Including many different exercises and techniques to promote the ongoing development of the awareness of our essential nature. Two aspects of Zen Buddhist practice, each with it’s own techniques, observation and cessation. Between each of these extremes there is a balance that needs to found. [...]
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At the end of the 19th century, Canadian physician Richard Bucke described a level of human development he called “cosmic consciousness.” Dr. Bucke wrote about a state of “enlightenment or illumination,” an experience of “eternal life” paired with “an indescribable feeling of elevation, elation, and joyousness.” In Bucke’s day, the main obstacle to researching Cosmic [...]
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Do or Die This is a do or die situation for all of us. If we do, we do not die; if we do not do, we die! Yes, one day or the other, all of us are to give up the body—this is what is normally called death. But, if we understand that mere [...]
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