In a new book titled "The Way of Liberation" Adyashanti makes a great point. He talks about meditation as a core practice/activity, but says that some traditions over-emphasize it and other traditions under-emphasize it. From my experience Zen tends to over-emphasize it, and Advaita tends to under-emphasize it. I won't discuss the implications of this, nor what can happen after realization as a result of sustained samadhi, but I will only say that the universe, as manifested by particular body/minds, often goes no further than Self-realization and becomes attached to the idea that Self-realization ends the process of Self-discovery. Other body/minds gradually vanish so totally into THIS that love and service become synonymous with Being.
If, after realization, there is still a relationship represented by "I have it" and "You don't it," there is further potential for vanishment into THIS, as THIS.
The eighth ox-herding picture of Zen represents the collapse of selfhood/otherhood, and is titled "no ox, no man," but there are two following pictures representing the following Niz quote:
"There are no important events for a jnani, except when somebody reaches the highest goal. Only then does his heart rejoice. All else is of no concen.The entire universe is his body, all life is his life."
If, after realization, there is still a relationship represented by "I have it" and "You don't it," there is further potential for vanishment into THIS, as THIS.
The eighth ox-herding picture of Zen represents the collapse of selfhood/otherhood, and is titled "no ox, no man," but there are two following pictures representing the following Niz quote:
"There are no important events for a jnani, except when somebody reaches the highest goal. Only then does his heart rejoice. All else is of no concen.The entire universe is his body, all life is his life."
