Zen Absorption And Practice
From Health Solutions Today by Health Solutions Today
May 11, 2026 · 11 min · Season 1 · Episode 148
About this episode
The episode discusses the paradox of striving for flow and enlightenment, emphasizing simplicity and intimacy with ordinary life.
The paradox The more aggressively someone tries to achieve flow or enlightenment, the more self-conscious they often become. Because now there is: “me trying to attain a special state.” Zen repeatedly undermines this tendency. The “correct direction” mentioned in the passage means: less grasping, less division, less fixation on self, greater immediacy, greater intimacy with ordinary life. Not becoming superhuman. Often becoming simpler.
Topics covered
- zen
- flow
- enlightenment
- self-consciousness
- ordinary life
- simplicity
Keywords
- zen
- absorption
- enlightenment
- self-consciousness
- ordinary life
- simplicity
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