Zennists term it "big mind" or "no-mind." I had assumed that this state implied a suppression of thought or separation from normal thinking. Not so. No-mind actually encompasses everyday thinking and sensing, but attention rests or abides beyond conceptualization in unbounded, unqualified stillness and clarity--alert, relaxed, open, surrendered.
To be engaged in a process of awakening, to have time for it in a world of perpetual distraction, to take this time--what a privilege! Even so, the ripening can not be hastened any more than the first streaks of light at dawn--the joy is in the noticing. This is Being-Knowledge-Bliss.
To be engaged in a process of awakening, to have time for it in a world of perpetual distraction, to take this time--what a privilege! Even so, the ripening can not be hastened any more than the first streaks of light at dawn--the joy is in the noticing. This is Being-Knowledge-Bliss.
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