Neo Zen Dinamico
... a vision of the true human potential
is becoming reality ...
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how it happened
the pratice
the experience
the vision
the potential
the poem
witnessing
The
'Non-Way' of
Neo Zen Dinamico
' HOW' it happened...
Inspired by the vision of ZEN of our Master OSHO, reflected in
his unique commentaries and mirrored by his innovative interpretations
of the teachings by the old Zen Masters, we started some time ago
to organize successfully groups and 
meditation retreats combining the
classical methods of Zen with techniques of ' modern ' active
meditations. - Moreover, after many years of living in the spirit of
Zen here/now and practicing other meditation methods too under the guidance of OSHO, the introduction of the main elements of
Zen into the daily work as a therapist and meditation leader happened
almost all by itself: Zen therapy favours particularly
the 'dis-personalization' and the
transcendence of our ' numerous personal problems '. For how much the
integration of basic aspects of Zen in today's therapy and the use
of instruments with Zen origin in various groups have proofed to be very
effective, however it was unavoidable not to create an invitation to
engage in a regular everyday practice of this new synthesis, far away
from attachments to the traditional forms and rituals. Therefore
the ' Non-Way of the White Clouds '
came into being, the self-initiation as
' Hakuun '
, an opportunity, together with other ' fellow
travellers ', to dedicate oneself intensively to the development
of our unique intrinsic potential of '
re-awakening ' and the capacity to realize our ' true
nature'.
The main scope of a spiritual practice like Zen, specifically the lectures
and devices of Zen masters, is to prepare
the disciples to ' realize ' themselves ' and ' to become ' masters on
their own behalf. - After this ' fortunate accident ' has occurred, some
of them
start to help 'fellow travellers' with their search, others
found communities or teach in traditional schools and many of them
simply relax into ' being Masters of themselves ' and return
back into the world to lead a simple natural life. Just their mere
presence has a certain ' wakening ' effect on other people and that can be
the beginning of a search of theirs .
Since
the beginning the masters of the way Mahayana (= great vehicle) in
Buddhism, which Zen is part of, engaged themselves in creating effective
and accessible-to-all instruments, in
order to bring anyone, who wished to, to the state of the ' natural mind
', or to ' liberation ' or ' awakening '. - We have followed
intuitively this 'tradition', hoping to have devised some faster and
simpler
methods, which are more adapted to the common westerner of our
times: in order to return to oneself, in order to go inside and enter
our depth, in order to ' find again ', like an experience and beyond,
the answer to the most fundamental question in the human existence:
Who am I? ...Where do I come from?...
...Where will I return to?...
gassho
mu - ho
In Neo
Zen Dinamico we use the traditional practices of ZEN and active
and cathartic methods of modern meditation, opposing stages with a
strong energetic engagement and moments of passive witnessing,
always in contact with our inner centre of balance - the Hara or
Tan Tien. 
Alternating
between expressive phases and introspection stages we will be able ,time
after time, to enter more deeply in contact with our inner silence - a
state of peace: a kind of ' natural` meditation.
The benefits
of this continuing process of meditation, self- exploration and re -
discovery of oneself can manifest themselves in various forms,
starting from a
larger mental clearness and a more stable psyco-physical equilibrium
accompanied by a kind of emotional peace up to the experience of a ' Satori ', of a brief ' Enlightment`, the inner state of a direct and
immediate contact with ' Reality ' or the ' Truth ' without the filters
of the mind. - By using ' transcendental ' techniques, we directly
cut out the roots of the majority of our problems, conditionings and
limitative programs: the identification with the mind and the attachment
to the past ! And in doing so,
we are preparing an inner space in which can manifest itself, the
experience of total silence or emptiness, our true nature and that of
all living beings and of all the phenomena.
mu - ho
... the circle was always complete ...
The vision
According
to the ' Sutra of the Banner ', in the moment of ENLIGHTMENT, the
Buddha shouted spontaneously: " Wonder of the wonders! All living
beings, in an intrinsic manner , are Buddhas, equipped with wisdom and
virtue, but since the human mind has been turned upside-down by illusory
thoughts, they do not succeed in perceiving it ". It seems that the first
words that Buddha pronounced were of terror and surprise. It is indeed
wonderful that all humans, intelligent or stupid , males or females,
beautiful or ugly, are integral and complete as they are; it is worth saying
that the real nature of any being does not have a single intrinsic defect,
it is perfect, not different from that of Amida or any other Buddha. This
first assertion of the Buddha Shakyamuni is also the fundamental conclusion
of the Buddhism. Nevertheless man, uneasy and expectant, lives an existence
that borders on madness because his mind, heavily encrusted by illusions, is
in confusion. We therefore have a need to return to the ' original
perfection ' for to see through the false image of us as incomplete and
guilty beings, and for to re-awake to our purity and intrinsic
completeness. - The most effective means in order to succeed in making it,
is Zazen...
Maestro
Zen Hakuun Yasutani ( 1885 - 1973 )
The potential
Enlightment
is like the reflection of the moon in the water. The moon is not getting
wet, the water is not afflicted. Although his light is diffuse and immense,
the moon is reflected in one small pool of water, even the whole moon
and the entire sky are mirrored in a single dew drop on the grass,
unbelievable: they are also reflected in one single small dropling.
Enlightment, not destroying people, is like the moon that does not
disturb the water. And the man who does not hinder Enlightment is like the
dew drop that does not block the moon in the sky.
Maestro Zen Dogen ( 1200 - 1258 )
The
poem
The perfect way
... " the perfect way is lacking
in difficulty,
but only if one avoids to prefer
and to choose.
Only when one is free from
hatred and love,
love reveals herself in all her
clarity.
A distinction fine as a
hair
.and sky and earth are
separated!
If you want to reach the perfect
truth,
do not bother about what is
just and unjust.
It is the disease of the mind."
..." ...
The Way:
Witnessing
the state of ' No Mind '
...
one day I cancelled all the notion from my mind. I renounced any possible
desire. I discarded all the words with which I thought and I remained in
peace. I almost felt like dying, like as if I had been transported into
something, or like if I were touching a power unknown to me ... and ssst! I
entered. I lost the sense of limit to my physical body. I conserved
the skin, obviously, but I felt like being in the center of the cosmos. I
talked, but my words had lost their meaning. I saw people coming towards me,
but all were the same man. All were me! Never had I known this world before.
I had believed to have been created, but now I had to change opinion: never
had I been created; I was the cosmos; no individual Mr. Sasaki
existed.
Maestro Zen Sokei - an
Sasaki
