piecesofzen

In zazen (Zen meditation) this morning I became aware that we are so much more than the physical body and a discursive, analytical mind. I see life with all its trials and tribulations as lessons for the soul (or higher self) or maybe that should read, lessons from the soul.

If we can be right here, right now, recognising that past is no more and future is not yet, we can catch a glimpse of the “eternal now” and if we just witness this, we can transcend our karma - but the discursive mind cannot be so disciplined and thus karma is created immediately like long “chains” of thoughts (action and reaction).

I don’t see karma as anything bad, just the function of the world of opposites from which our souls are having an experience. Karma becomes bad only if we consider it to be so, for the world is just the world. If our souls are eternal, then whatever we experience in this world is transient.

If through our zazen or other meditation discipline we can integrate with the higher self, we can easily realise that we are creators in our own right. It is then up to each of us what we create.