Zen

Been exploring more Zen lately. Reading Zen and the Art of Poker by Larry W. Phillips right now. My wife and I love playing poker and we are always drawn to the energy of unconditioning our minds and seeing reality clearly. Zen is really something I resonate toward although I admit I struggle to live each moment in a zen like state. Fears I guess. I often dream in a zen like consciousness. My meditation is taking on more and more zen qualities. Acceptance of all things. Difficult for some reason but I do understand how suffering of practically any kind or perhaps even any kind would dissipate entirely with the acceptance of all things. Judgements, discriminations of right/wrong, good/bad, holy/evil, hero/villain, Any determination of dualism becomes quite meaningless outside of feeling the vibration of any situation, circumstance, ideology, etc..,. Once the vibration is felt, either choose to be drawn nearer to it or if possible, move away from it if one does not resonate toward any particular vibration. If one can not move away from or remove a vibration that one doesn’t resonate toward, acceptance/zen is the answer. Resistance to things brings suffering according to the Buddha and from my experience I agree. Unconditioning myself to not resist is my task I believe. More later.