Wednesday 27 September 2017

Zen Koans I Just Made Up Part Three. Fresh out of Koans!

In the last of this trilogy of made up Koans, I will finish off  with my last  seven made up Koans.
Koan one says, "the door to nowhere opens to all" this to me is the doorway within our consciousness  that we open in deep meditation and it leads finally to the understanding and awareness that all within this universe is inter-connected  and all is part of a magnificent WHOLE.
Koan two says, "a closed fist will pack a punch. in Karma's book of life". this means to me that what
we give out will surely return to us, without a shadow of a doubt. Therefore if we are wise and thoughtful, we will only give out what we would really enjoy getting back, such as love.
Koan three says, "let go of all, to become all" this is a difficult one to accomplish, as our ego's
always get in the way,  and say things like what about keeping something for me? All the time we
remain attached to things, we will always  therefore be bound by them also. What we can do is
slowly begin letting go of things, first the things that are not that important to us, then when we have
done that, we can tackle the other closer things to us, we need always to remember that the more we let go of, the more we actually keep?
Koan four says,"open  your heart, and shut of the mind" to open our heart to someone is to accept
them as they are fully and completely, the heart has a much more fuller awareness and wisdom than
the mind will ever have, the mind relies of logic which can often be very exclusive oriented, rather
than the more inclusive and all embracing heart consciousness, we need always remember that we
have a center of consciousness in the head, which is logic and exclusively based, and we also have
a seat of consciousness, that is centered within the heart chakra and is emotionally based and is
inclusive and all embracing by nature.

Koan five says, "wounding words, bounce back to bite us in the ass" (Karma)  I think most of us
are familiar with this idea, the saying what goes around, comes around,echo's this truth, what we
give out always returns back to sender, like that song by the King of rock Elvis Presley whose song
"Return to Sender"  whatever we give out returns to us, so be very aware and alert as to what you are
giving out.
Koan six says, "If you look for nothing,you will find all", this to me meand that if we expand our
consciousness through meditation and yoga, we wwill then begin to see that all in the universe is
connected to all, there is no gaps or empty spaces anywhere, when we can fully understand this truth
then we know that all is nothing, and nothing is all. here we needto understand that the word nothing
actually means  NO-THING-Present, because all things are basically onr thing =Absolute.
Koan seven says, Open your mind,but not so far that your brains fall out"! It is very well having a open mind, but we also need to be aware that we are not stupid in doing this, a balance and common
sense are needed also.
That is the end of mmy made up Koans, i hope you enjoyed them all/
warmest regards michael
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