This last Sunday I was attending a conference presented by Jack Kornfield a Western Buddhist psychologist. At our class designated time, I quietly left the conference, sat in the lobby and attended our TSK class on\u00c2\u00a0 cell phone. I did not feel comfortable replying to the practice in such a public setting, but would like to speak now.<\/p>\n
As I recall the spirit of the practice was to access zero. I knew this was not the zero before one. It occurred that this must be the zero in the middle of everything. Since all appearances have no substance, appearances would have no center point. Then I realized that all my judgements, attitudes and opinions were “pointless”. For a moment a sense of complete freedom and openness arose!<\/p>\n
This exhilaration, however, was followed by a nihilistic sense that\u00c2\u00a0 all was “meaningless and empty”.\u00c2\u00a0 A dark despair arose only to be lightened by the recognition that “meaningless and empty” was also without substance, zero and center-less. Freedom and openness returned : -)<\/p>\n
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This last Sunday I was attending a conference presented by Jack Kornfield a Western Buddhist psychologist. At our class designated time, I quietly left the conference, sat in the lobby and attended our TSK class on\u00c2\u00a0 cell phone. I did … Continue reading