mike brown wrote:without something tangible like zazen practice to underpin their experience they might miss the meaning of what just happened to them and put it down to something mystical/imaginative/a gift from God etc.>
I think that lots of other religions have similar states of enlightenment or divine illumination. In sports, there is "In the Zone" which is commonly referred to as when people who are participating in sports perform at their highest personal levels due to a unity of mental and physical concentration. I think that satori is a lot more common than people think, and it is experienced by many people at many different activities that have nothing to do with zazen. ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/