We’re Only Human
The human condition is a pervasive and all-encompassing aspect of Zen practice. And that is precisely what makes it so potent and transformative; the fact that there is no escape from overwhelming emotional states or human weaknesses while engaged in Zazen or meditation. That daily life, work and interactions are not separate and distinct from the practice itself. That every demon and ugly carcass from the past could arise at any given moment and the warrior has no choice but to face them, like the Buddha faced his Mara.
The mind is a receptacle for the sublime, the mundane and the ungodly — treating them all with equal diffidence, and then slaying them with the sword of insight, is the true revolution, the only jihad worth fighting.
Om Namah Shivay.
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