What distinguishes my method from traditional Zen and mindfulness?
The heart of the practice that I propose lies in eliminating the roadblocks that prevent you from experiencing your true self; it's a way of self-realization that you can practise without a coach, and it's suitable even for those for whom it's difficult to concentrate sitting in a static body posture. It's much more understandable, practical, and simple to study than traditional Zen; and at the same time, it's much more radical and effective than trendy mindfulness (but it should be noted it's absolutely incompatible with any religion since it naturally eliminates from your mind any authority that is outside.)
Practising my meditation method doesn't require any moral obligations except the desire to be independent and free - it's all about eliminating the taboos that were imposed on you.
In fact, correct Zen practice is akin to psychoanalysis that you can do on your own without a psychoanalyst; for this it provides you with the necessary anchor: the sense of reality that decodes and gives the correct assessment of the thoughts that come to you mind - in this way your self keeps changing. Thus, as in psychoanalysis, there is no place for moral assessments: you just set free your self. Finding truth is seeing things as they are, and whatever that contributes to this is right (Contemporary Buddhists, on the contrary, don't care much about truth; instead they first put questions like 'what is the best way for us to live together?' - it's not surprising that there are many contradictions between their opinions although truth must be one; sometimes it seems tthat different Buddhists have attained and describe completely different states of mind.)
In addition, in contrast to Buddhism and mindfulness, I don't recommend to cultivate love and compassion. Love, kindness, compassion, and reasonable altruism then come by themselves as a result of excess energy; and in this way you can be a very correct partner, open for cooperation, but not for subordination or domination. (Jung describes how extroverts fall into a trap if following social norms, they try to show their love for an object; as a result, the subconscious rebels and there arise thoughts of an entirely opposite nature; their love, therefore, looks fake. So to be sincere, it's better to treat love and compassion as annoying hindrances in your practice.)
My method is also much more practical than modern Buddhism. Zen, by the way, too traditionally has had practical application in martial arts, painting, calligraphy, etc. It's been a way of self-realization, a tool to survive and perform duties and tasks in the best possible way; it's also been about how to reconcile your personal aspirations with the requirements that imposes the social environment. So when Google and others use mindfulness in their corporate practice, it's in the best Zen traditions. Today, I bet, being a freelancer or having your own business is the best way to express your Buddha nature, if only because a Buddha by definition cannot have bosses - 'all authority in Zen comes from within' - unless you treat them as your clients. You go hunting and then exchange your goods. And just being free is the best way to cultivate love, kindness, and compassion.
The practice I propose is also the shortest path to enlightenment (in contrast to mindfulness which doesn't go so far.) Enlightenment really exists: it's a final understanding of your self and the world through the present moment as a result of which all questions about searching for spirituality disappear by themselves.
Along with that, my method will give you the opportunity to get quite certain practical results:
- it will help to loose your creative thinking and even make it clear how it works - there is one reason why a computer cannot create fundamentally new ideas like you.
- It will help to understand how works the very thinking process - what understanding is - and in some sense, will even give you an algorithm how to understand any subject.
- You will find that there are a few specific steps to develop intuition.
- It will teach you to be insightful: you will learn to understand people and to see their true intentions (as long as you're not partial to them, of course.)
- It will teach you how to fail with a light heart; in a broader sense, it will teach you not to be afraid of chaos.
- It will enable you to overcome your mental problems if you have any.
However, it's far from being complete - if you practise it, there are lots of things for you to discover.
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