John Kaldawi was inspired by Zen Buddhism which is at
the heart of the Japanese culture as the school of Mahayana Buddhism. It is a practice that is transmitted directly
from a master to a disciple. It is also
called ZaZen, Za for sitting and Zen for meditating, and is also called the
journey of self discovery. It is the
experience of living from moment to moment, in the here and the now. It is the attitude of spiritual awakening
which is also the source of all actions of daily life flow like eating,
breathing, sleeping, working, walking, thinking, etc...
Doing
more research, John
learned that Zen is not a theory, or an idea or knowledge, not a moral
teaching, and does not require one to believe in anything, but rather a
practical experience. One cannot
intellectually learn Zen because the mind in limited. It is a spiritual path that does not tell
people what to believe, but Zen lead them to basically not to think.
John Kaldawi also learned that in Zen, one is to sit
quietly, stop moving, and let go of the thoughts. Just focus on breathing, and let the
unconscious mind melt away and merge with the Universal self. Zen is another method of attainment of the
higher self.
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