Zen Mind

-- from Rama's tapes

"Tantric Zen is Zen in its essence. Zen is meditation - the actual experience of life directly, with no buffers."

-Rama

Sometimes I wonder how you are doing? You?

Anyone who is interested in the pathway to enlightenment. I wonder if your thoughts and experiences are similar to mine.

Do you have that abstract sense of schizophrenia?
Do you feel happy and sad?
Do you feel free and enlightened, and shackled to your own human limitations?
Do you feel the essence of knowledge and wisdom, and completely ignorant?
Do you feel the joy and brilliance of life, and the disappointment of the human condition?
It can be very confusing. Life becomes an oxymoron.

Some moments I see a bunch of unconscious assholes wandering around earth and trashing the planet. They are a self-centered species who seek personal gratification. Some moments I see that I am "them".

Perhaps, and this is just a guess from where I am in the moment, the dual nature of this planet is more obvious as we increase our levels of awareness. Perhaps, as our level of awareness is heightened and becomes more fluid, we move quickly through different states of mind as we practice Tantric Zen.

Tantric Zen, as I understand it, is a particular state of mind. It is a very powerful state of awareness that exists because of lifetimes devoted to meditation and mindfulness. From that particular vantagepoint, where everything is "in" the mind, we experience all aspects of life.

According do Rama: "Tantric Zen is the awareness of the infinitude of all things."

Listen to the talk.

Lynne of the San Diego DharmaCenter

From Rama's Teachings

Rama presented thousands of techniques that were intended to help students along their own pathway to enlightenment. Techniques presented here may be useful for you. The teachings are meant to be used by students who are serious about their practice, and their own enlightenment.

A special thanks to
Lynne of the San Diego DharmaCenter for her writing, and the inspiration to begin this feature.