<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Yoshizen&#039;s Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://yoshizen.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[yoshizen]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/author/yoshizen/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[What is the POINT&nbsp;?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Somebody who read <span style="color:#333333;"> Spiritual Sound</span> gave me a question saying </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>that I&#8217;m <span style="color:#333333;">desecrating</span> the holy spirituality.</strong></span></p>
<p>On the surface, it may look true.  But it is the main purpose of this<span style="color:#333333;"><strong> DIY  Zen Blogging.</strong></span></p>
<p>I&#8217;m not Desecrating  Buddhism  or any holy belief.</p>
<p>To decipher the mechanism of our mind and invisible psyche in relation to the Zen is</p>
<p>the task what I&#8217;m doing and all about this Yoshizen Blog.<span style="color:#ff0000;"> &#8212;&#8212; <strong>May be I am demystifying the religion.</strong></span></p>
<p>( I don&#8217;t need to indulge  Mythical Dream,  as I&#8217;ve been surrounded by too many spooky phenomena.  😀</p>
<p>My task is not pretend to be a kind of medium but to find out the mechanism how it is operating. )</p>
<p>As I wrote in the earliest posts,  the repeating Buddhist&#8217;s practice is, in fact, ware-out the mind</p>
<p>and make the practice routine hence make the person able to do it without thinking / in Mushin.</p>
<p>Mushin is a state of mind,  and it is nothing to do with any mythical, glorious religious belief.</p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>To open the mind and the perception completely away from any thought,  we are able to see</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>and able to know the truth as it is</strong> &#8212;&#8212;<strong> is what all about the teaching of Buddha.</strong></span></p>
<p>To complete his teachings,  Buddha ordered to his disciples  <span style="color:#000080;"><strong>Not idolize him or worship himself</strong></span> &#8212;&#8212;its</p>
<p>mean, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>to follow the Buddhist&#8217;s teachings, even a notion of Buddha / Buddhism have to be removed.</strong></span></p>
<p>Because,  Buddha knew it is the pitfall of the teachings &#8212;&#8212; even a conscious of  I&#8217;m a Buddhist or notion</p>
<p>of Buddha would utterly negate the effects of Mushin.</p>
<p>Remove the conscious to be a Buddhist or the name of the Buddha,  is not desecration of the Buddhism.</p>
<p>Since it is the very core of the Buddha&#8217;s teachings.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Simply, this is how our mind works.   And this is what the Buddha&#8217;s teachings.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">&#8212;&#8212;</span></p>
<p>Buddha taught to remove the own thinkings to attain Mushin, in his explanation, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>since the basis of</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>own thoughts = the self is not existing.</strong></span></p>
<p>To fully understand what Buddha meant took 500 years.  Hinayana Buddhists took this to negate</p>
<p>the self, especially filthy part of it, smelly guts or uncontrollable  genitals shouldn&#8217;t be there.</p>
<p>Then Mahayana Buddhists realized,  if they shouldn&#8217;t be there, why the Dharma gave us in the first place.</p>
<p>(Not to be obsessed with it / Middle way , is a commonsense)</p>
<p>The function and its mechanism of our mind / psyche (dynamics of our subconscious) was designed</p>
<p>or given by the Dharma, and it has been refined and refined (evolved) in past billions of years.</p>
<p>Exactly in the same context to see the effects of the repeating practice,  I described the effects of</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>the incomprehensible hi-pitched tone</strong><strong> </strong>&#8212;&#8212; <strong>it makes our mind puzzle and open the mind.</strong></span></p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t ask anybody to listen Hi-pitched tone or Mozart Miserere.  I&#8217;ve just shown what is the effect of</p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>us</strong><strong> to open the mind and the perception.</strong> &#8212;&#8211;<strong> then you might able to touch spiritual world.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>Whether this spiritual world is sacred or holy mythical world, is in your belief / Mind </strong>&#8212;&#8211;<strong> but</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>as the paradox of Buddhism is here, as long as you cling its idea, you can not see it.<br />
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<p><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">___/\___</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">&#8212;</span><br />
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