tradrockrat
2nd Black Belt
Excellent answer!rutherford said:Do you remember what I said about confusion?
It is my belief that you already know the answer to any question you might desire to meditate upon.
You just have to trust yourself and let go enough to hear the answer.
I feel that the "obsession" many peopel have over the questions is causing them to miss the point. You don't meditate to find answers because you already have those, one meditates to to enable the mind to access those answers. That's what I meant by the mind "doing its job".
Once the mind is Empty, or at a begining state (tabula rasa, we called it) the answer might just peak out and ask you (metephysically speaking) if you want to listen to it.
So again, I say that meditation is a tool. You use a hammer to drive a nail, you use meditation to quiet the mind...
Here's a crummy example (aren't they all):
You ever stretch out just because it feels good to do so? I mean, we should all be stretching before and after our workouts, but have you ever done it unconciously - just for fun?
Try meditating just to be meditating. Forget koans, questions and enlightenment. Masters would say let go of desire, but lets stay grounded here. Just do it to be doing it. Don't persue some goal. I don't ride a motorcycle to get somewhere, nor do I sail to get to a port. I do it just because. The same should be said of meditation.
Enlightenment is almost a by product of the journey, no the destination.
As we say in LaLa Land (Los Angeles) -- Chill out, dude! Relax and enjoy the ride!
PS - I am in no way enlightened! :wink: