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Hello everyone,
I want to share an experience I had a week or two ago in and after standing zen practice at the end of my cih-kung session for the day.
I have recently been experiencing really clear and thoughtless standing zen mediation, and in this particular practice session I had a revelation occur to me.
When I was thoughtless in meditation, I 'saw' that the idea that common humans think of as *I*, or *you*, are not accurate descriptions of life. I saw that what I normally think of as Alex (or any *I*, actually) is not a unique and separate entity. What I saw was a being who couldn't exist without infinite factors from outside Alex. And that he wouldn't even exist as he knows himself to be without all of these factors. I saw that in fact, that which is outside of Alex's body (all of Earth - all nations - all everything - all space, planets, galaxies, etc) is actually intimately married to him.
And I 'saw' that somehow the idea of *I* is a misperception, or a inaccurate way of seeing myself. I saw that I could not be, without the world. And that the world could not be as it is without me. So in a sense I saw the world like a very large creature, and what I think of as *Alex* is like a appendage of that creature.
I 'saw' a very real intertwining with all of reality, and I saw that nothing I do doesn't effect everything. And that there is nothing I can do that ever will not effect everything.
I came away from that experience with the words, "Harm to One is Harm to All" very strongly resounding inside my mind-heart, as a reminder.
I have in the past been a very, very individuality-centric person. I won't say I've been a selfish jerk, but I have valued the idea of individuality a LOT. And to me that very idea of individuality is based in the assumption that we are separate entities, that are not effecting the world around us. And that all comes down to our definitions (or assumed definitions) of the words "I" and "you", and related words based on the concepts that exists as natural, inherent offshoots of these two base concepts.
In that meditation, I 'saw' that the above bolded line simply isn't true. Quite the contrary; I saw that nothing I do isn't effecting everything. But I 'saw' that most people trained from birth in the concepts of *I* and *you* are existing within certain assumptions about who we are that aren't accurate. I saw that these assumptions are causing humanity many many of its problems, as it assumes separation.
It has been a very meaningful revelation for me. I will carry the words, "Harm to One is Harm to All" with me where ever I go now.
All the Best,
Alex
I want to share an experience I had a week or two ago in and after standing zen practice at the end of my cih-kung session for the day.
I have recently been experiencing really clear and thoughtless standing zen mediation, and in this particular practice session I had a revelation occur to me.
When I was thoughtless in meditation, I 'saw' that the idea that common humans think of as *I*, or *you*, are not accurate descriptions of life. I saw that what I normally think of as Alex (or any *I*, actually) is not a unique and separate entity. What I saw was a being who couldn't exist without infinite factors from outside Alex. And that he wouldn't even exist as he knows himself to be without all of these factors. I saw that in fact, that which is outside of Alex's body (all of Earth - all nations - all everything - all space, planets, galaxies, etc) is actually intimately married to him.
And I 'saw' that somehow the idea of *I* is a misperception, or a inaccurate way of seeing myself. I saw that I could not be, without the world. And that the world could not be as it is without me. So in a sense I saw the world like a very large creature, and what I think of as *Alex* is like a appendage of that creature.
I 'saw' a very real intertwining with all of reality, and I saw that nothing I do doesn't effect everything. And that there is nothing I can do that ever will not effect everything.
I came away from that experience with the words, "Harm to One is Harm to All" very strongly resounding inside my mind-heart, as a reminder.
I have in the past been a very, very individuality-centric person. I won't say I've been a selfish jerk, but I have valued the idea of individuality a LOT. And to me that very idea of individuality is based in the assumption that we are separate entities, that are not effecting the world around us. And that all comes down to our definitions (or assumed definitions) of the words "I" and "you", and related words based on the concepts that exists as natural, inherent offshoots of these two base concepts.
In that meditation, I 'saw' that the above bolded line simply isn't true. Quite the contrary; I saw that nothing I do isn't effecting everything. But I 'saw' that most people trained from birth in the concepts of *I* and *you* are existing within certain assumptions about who we are that aren't accurate. I saw that these assumptions are causing humanity many many of its problems, as it assumes separation.
It has been a very meaningful revelation for me. I will carry the words, "Harm to One is Harm to All" with me where ever I go now.
All the Best,
Alex
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