Dreaming and zazen

[Mornings Son]

By Shodo Harada Roshi:
Now to your question about dreaming:

It is said that dreams are the expression of the subconscious.

But here it is important to see where the person places their
values in life.

If it is someone who is doing spiritual training, the dream can be
taken as a message

concerning the practice, giving and reflecting the direction.

If someone sees their values in life on a more superficial level,

the messages of the dreams have to be take in a different way.

This is so because there are many feelings mixed in,

so that it is difficult to read the actual message.


We practice zazen to purify and clarify our life,

not only in the moment of zazen but touching everything in our
lives.

If zazen does not have this effect on the whole being,

then it is practiced in a too light way.

This is what I can say from my own experience.

[Nagual LoneWolf]

Zazen is the name of one of two most powerful entities I have ever encountered.

[another spirit]

Check out the mettameditation thread. Theres a link to a nagual lecture from the 1800s, which describes a hierarchy of power within naguals. A 'flower' nagual being the highest, most powerful. Zazen descended from buddhism, specifically the buddha's successor was picked in the famous rose sermon where he just held up the rose.

[Guest]