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I finally recieved an answer

IawaIawa
edited March 2011 in Buddhism Today
During a meditation about 18 months a go a question arose.
What do you do once you realize that you are the universe observing and interacting with itself?
Thus far I only recieved blank looks or " You have to figure that out? "
Tonight I posed the question to Kosho the visiting guest speaker Zen Master from the Austin Zen Center.
He replied, " Wash the dishes. Really. There is nothing to seek."
I am happy and my heart is full.

Comments

  • CloudCloud Veteran
    You stop seeking, that's what. No longer need to ask such questions, the answer (all answers) is found. So you go back to daily life and do whatever you need to do. Basically. :)
  • TreeLuvr87TreeLuvr87 Veteran
    I'm happy for your experience! I love moments like those.
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    "I am happy and my heart is full."

    What would happen if that were to change? ;)
  • KungaKunga
    edited March 2011
    I had that same realization about two years ago. My heart also felt full. The realization had a sense of certainty to it that does not come along very often.

    And yet. Here I am, months later, still trying to figure out how to get back to that place of knowing and contentment.

    I liked Kosho's answer to the question. The difficulty I have is that "washing dishes" can feel very pointless and unfullfilling when we lose that sense of connectedness with the world around us.

    Maybe that's where faith comes in. Not faith in the unknown, but faith in our own experiences, in our realization. Even when our mind does not appear to be acting from a place of oneness, perhaps we can trust in our heart that it really is.
  • tesstess
    During a meditation about 18 months a go a question arose.
    What do you do once you realize that you are the universe observing and interacting with itself?
    Thus far I only recieved blank looks or " You have to figure that out? "
    Tonight I posed the question to Kosho the visiting guest speaker Zen Master from the Austin Zen Center.
    He replied, " Wash the dishes. Really. There is nothing to seek."
    I am happy and my heart is full.
    Thank you for posting it.

    Maybe one day I will grasp it.

  • taiyakitaiyaki Veteran
    when there is something to gain, you will lose it.

    you cannot lose what you already are and have always been.
  • SabreSabre Veteran
    edited March 2011
    Dear Kunga,

    Yes, it comes crashing down again. Ups and downs still happen, that's life.

    Only those with such realizations/experiences can really understand and get hope from the first noble truth: "Life is suffering"

    Ok, so it's not you, it's not me. It's life. It is just suffering, whatever. Clouds come, clouds go. Rain may fall. Nothing lasts forever
  • tesstess
    when there is something to gain, you will lose it.

    you cannot lose what you already are and have always been.

    :nyah: tell this to my boobs loosing the fight with the gravity :buck:
  • taiyakitaiyaki Veteran
    lol they are still boobs though.
  • IawaIawa
    "I am happy and my heart is full."

    What would happen if that were to change? ;)
    Like the ringing of the bell. That begins will rise and fall away.
    I shall enjoy the bell as it sounds.

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