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That Was Zen, This Is Tao: Living Your Way to Enlightenment, Illustrated Edition

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Chris Prentiss

Chris Prentiss, born in 1936, is an American author whose works span a variety of genres, including novels, autobiographies, and children's literature. Known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature, Prentiss has gained a wide readership with his diverse body of work. more

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“Scientists are looking for a substance to fill all of space, a substance that will permit light to travel as a wave, and a substance that permits gravity to operate between masses. Ether does all that and much more but is undetectable without taking into consideration Tao’s consciousness, which is the answer to all the questions.”

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Book:That Was Zen, This Is Tao: Living Your Way to Enlightenment, Illustrated Edition
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“After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in which you know when you get wet. In a fog, you do not know you are getting wet, but as you keep walking you get wet little by little.”

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Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
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“The first and foremost aim of Zen, consequently, is to break the net of our concepts -which is why it has been termed by some a philosophy of "no mind." A number of schools of Occidental psychological therapy hold that what we all most need an are seeking is a meaning for our lives. For some, this may be a help; but all it helps is the intellect, and when the intellect sets to work on life with its names and categories, recongnitions of relationship and definitions of meaning, what is inwardmost is readily lost. Zen, on the contrary, holds the realization that life and the sense of life are antecent to meaning; the idea being to let life come and not name it. It will then push you right back to where you live- where you are, and not where you named.”

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Book:Myths to Live By
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