Sunday, October 30, 2022

AMERICAN ZEN MEDITATION



In Zen Buddhist meditation, people focus on Konas, paradoxical riddles, to move beyond the analytical and egotistical mind.   Probably the most famous is ‘What is the sound of one hand clapping?’ 


These standard Konas might be fine for the oriental monastic mind who has far less ego, but it falls flat for the fast-paced Americans who live in a world of 280-character tweets.


Therefore I am suggesting some American Kona for American Zen meditation:

1.   Why does Superman have a cape?

2.   Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

3.   Why is a nickel larger than a dime?

4.   Why are there no B-cell batteries?


Contemplate these questions while sitting in your five-minute meditation.

 

You can thank me later

The Ol’Buzzard

No Bullshit Zen 

 

1 comment:

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