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Understanding Zen Meditation through the Tale of The Samurai and The Tea Master

Zen means doing anything in perfect harmony, even making perfect mistakes, being defeated perfectly and succeeding perfectly. It means that one is mindful of their full action, you detach from the emotion of the moment and become aware or mindful of your actions. Zen is also about letting go, but letting go in perfection, if you know you are going to fail then fail perfectly.

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Zhuangzi Butterfly Dream is a Red Pill Metaphor

Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must be some distinction.

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Zen Koan Explained | No Attachment to Dust

Dust hides that which once was new and shiny, and gives us the illusion we need something new, because we so often choose to replace something based on what we see or want, instead of what we truly need. “No Attachment to Dust” shows the notice the value of letting go of wants and needs, and need to detachments from things, and in the letting go of things you also release the disappointment of attachment.

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