Nothing Special
A Religion, Spirituality, Nonfiction book. Living Zen is nothing special: life as it is. Zen is life itself, nothing...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780062511171 / 62511173
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At any given moment, we are the way we are, and we see what were able to see. Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special // In practice, we return over and over again to perception, to just sitting. Practice is just hearing, just seeing, just feeling. Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special // There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts. We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here. Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special //
No one, nothing will save you; this credo may sound quite awful for non practitioners or beginners. This book is not for the faint hearted, no balm for your wounds will be offered. It gives you instead a glimpse of no nonsense daily life practice as a (Zen) meditator. Joko Beck may seem to emphasize the difficulties of practice. Yet,... It wouldn't be fair for me to rate this since I didn't finish it. I regret that I never saw Joko Beck in person; many of my friends were her students for years. They often speak of the power of her presence. Why didn't I finish? I have done so much spiritual reading that this seemed redundant, like revisiting a milepost on my journey... A compilation of talks and discussions with Zen students, the book discusses the necessity of practicing presence in allowing ourselves to let go of the multitude of mental constructions and emotions. These barriers we create for ourselves, which lock us into rigid perspectives in living our lives and interacting with the world.The...
