Zen Living: Creating Your Custom Blend in Life

For many of us the idea of Zen Living is idealistic.  What is Zen?  The teaching of Zen originated in China, and was introduced into Japan in the 13th Century.  It is a form of Buddhism.  The best description of Zen I have seen is “stepping out of dualityâ€.  Easy words, but how do we do it?

Those who study Zen, or any other form of meditation, strive to achieve that state of centeredness that leads us out of our duality.  The tools they use to walk the path of Zen include turning inward, awareness, dedication, focus, non-resistance, and many more.  They strive to achieve this state of Zen throughout every aspect of their life, I honor this act, and follow my own pathway to personal growth and understanding through the concepts of Zen.

So where does this leave us?  Somewhere on the side of Zen, for maintaining that state of stillness is only a part of living on this planet.  This is the world of duality, and the idea of being in a state of Zen is both a spiritual pathway and a physical contradiction at the same time.

Our lives are filled with experiences, and have many physical tools to create and process these experiences.  We have time, space, and the ability to commit ourselves into the moment through the density of the physical body.  We have emotions to assess our experiences.  We have knowledge and experience to help us react and thereby learn from our experiences.  These are wonderful gifts, and we are meant to walk this earth.

We also have many other levels of awareness and consciousness.  The intent of Zen is to help us to blend our awareness of the physical world with our higher levels of communication, perception, and spiritual knowledge.  This gives us a custom blend in life, something very unique from everyone else.  Zen Living is to also accepting that we are in a world of duality, and that our focus on Zen creates a dichotomy or duality of its very own.  It is by combining stillness with movement that we grow.

“Life is a road we all must travel, make it a Radiant Journeyâ€.

Author Estee Taschereau offers spirit-to-spirit consultations to guide you to a better understanding of your life, your experiences, relationships and growth.  Concepts and techniques for personal empowerment are richly integrated into the book Being Here Now – Find Your Center, Stand Your Ground, available in paperback and ebook.

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