Tag: Zen

The Ten Bulls of Enlightenment

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1) You go in search of the bull (soul/self).
2) You search for him everywhere. Finally you have the idea that you understand something about it.
3) Then you seem to catch a glimpse of the bull.
4) Yes, you see and catch the bull.
5) He no longer slips away from you.
6) You are now on top of him.
7) You are now at home and the bull is in the stable.
8) Then you disappear together with the bull.
9) Everything is as it is.
10) You return to the marketplace. You are everything and nothing.

People are searching for themselves.
Then they claim to have realized themselves.
And this realization asks for more. Peace with the searching and finding.
Then there is nothing. No seeker and no self (bull).
Everything is as it is.
Simply existing.

After ‘I am’

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Wonderfully one-sided. Wonderful that navel-gazing of those so-called spiritual teachers.
After ‘I am’ comes the person again.
Like the Ten Bulls from Zen.
After finding the bull, you go back to the world, you go back to the market.
You are the world that you perceive: there is no self. Because that is just navel-gazing.
Yes, you are That (Brahman) but also the person. And if you see and understand that directly, they cancel each other out! And there will be an inner transformation. Yes, then and only then will there be choiceless awareness.