Love and the end of suffering

There seems to be only one universal solution for all the problems one can come through in life, as I see. That solution is Love, unconditional love, a love for Life as Life is. That is what dettachment means to me, a love for Life in its mutability, transitoriety. A realization that mutability makes one infinite for experiencing boundlessness. Dettachment is a love for the experience of boundlessness through the challenges that life brings, a committment to grow no matter what. That is what seems to be.

Dettachment and a gun

Dettachment looks a lot like knowing how to use a gun to me. You want to know how to do it before you need to. Otherwise, you can find yourself in deep trouble. :)

Happiness is very simple.

Happiness is very simple. You only have to be simple yourself. But ,as I understand, simplicity can be very complicated for some people. So, Happiness can be complicated. :)

Dark times? End of the World as we know it? - December.21.2012

People say that dark times are coming over humanity on December.21.2012. What should I do as a Zen practioner?
The answer that I found to myself is to keep working on myself, becoming a source of light. Only when the night comes is that one can see the stars. A star does not depends on anything else to generate light. Stars generate their own light. They iluminate themselves and others, looking for no reward. That is what I feel about Zen. Zen, in my personal opinion, is all about becoming an independent source of light for oneself and for all beings.

On suffering

Suffering is caused for leeches-thoughts in our mind. Sucking our vitality and joy dry. Obsessive thinking, soft addictions, worrying; and we die anemic.

There is only one thing that make leeches to let go without much pain: fire. You burn them with a cigarette, and they let you go, without taking a piece if you. If you try to pull them off, they will take a piece of your flesh. So, if you want to get your mind rid of leeches, just use zen_fire.

Sit and meditate. Five minutes of meditation, a cigarette break.

That is it.

What is zen fire?

Zen is fire. Because fire burns. When we sit zazen, to meditate. We are just putting some wood together, and then, starting a fire. We want to burn ourselves to zero. And then start from zero. The Man of zen, is a alive flame. Basically, an unconscious arsonist. Starting a fire in everything he/she touches.

Fire.

This is it

Life should not be measured in time

Life as a process of Nature should not be measured in time. It makes no sense to know for how long one has been living. What matters is how intensely one has been living. Nobody measures storms and earthquakes by how long they last. The important measure is how strong they are.

How strong is your life?

This is it.