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The central discipline of Zen is
zazen
(sitting meditation), which is
practiced for hours at a time in the usually remote and sublimely peaceful
monasteries. Again, the emphasis is on relaxed attention, a “coherent
consciousness” by which the mind is tuned in to the presence of the infinite,
eternal One, as if all other noises but the soft buzzing of the cosmic hive had
ceased. If this sounds almost preciously abstract, be “mindful” of this:
Modern physics suggests that when we penetrate the subatomic levels of
reality down through the very fabric of space, we will find that everything is
interconnected. Long before David Bohm and Basil Hiley, Zen monks
intuited this interconnectedness. Could the reason be that the connection lay
in consciousness itself? With that, I will leave you a moment to contemplate
the sound of one hand clapping!
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