"Right Thoughts" can also be "Right Thinking" . The late Zen Master Seung Sahn Taught ; "Thoughts are like clouds, they appear and disappear ." 'Right Thinking' is something different . I am "of the Mind" to consider that >Thinking< should be regarded as "Questioning" as in, "Right Questioning" ---but be aware that this 'Notion' is specific to MY "Perceptual Reality" . I have been harangued for Thinking as opposed to being praised for "NOT" Thinking . Indeed the GOAL of Sword Training is to literally "CUT" Thinking by disabling the so-called {by me} Thought Mechanism, THAT which is responsible for Thought production . Elsewhere I have likened Thinking to BREATHING, just as it is completely normal not to think about Breathing, I suggest it is completely normal to think without thinking of thinking . One of my AA buddies, stymied this : "I stay awake thinking about NOT thinking ." I LOVE THAT . TOOO funny .
Zen Master Seung Sahn Taught "Don't Know Mind" as >an< Essence of Zen . Enlightenment, He Taught, could be expressed by manifesting this "Don't Know Mind" . We ask a Question because we "Don't Know" and as a result we find an answer that results in >DO< >Know< . The SPACE between the Question and Answer is "Don't Know" ----> SPACE . This SPACE MUST-BE Considered EQUAL to "Emptiness" which is the Goal for the Adept that seeks Enlightenment .
Right THINKING means to Think without ATTACHMENT to Thinking, as clouds come and go so it must be with the Thoughts produced by Thinking . Simply let them arise and dissipate without clinging to them . We must TRY and keep our Sky (Mind) Clear .
No comments:
Post a Comment