Zen Master Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz:
“There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following – the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego. In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers. We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we’re very marvelous because we’re not. We are interesting at best because we are a part of life. Allow immortality to work through you. Be but a mere instrument. And that instrument should be so absorbed in the perfect perfection of
existence, that it knows not even that it is absorbed. Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter how hard you meditate, you will not be happy and you won’t be liberated.
The pageant of life is divided into yin and yang. They’re two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop enough speed to move beyond this world to other worlds, dimensional realities. In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that’s linear. But in the east we tend to think of yin and yang as circles. They’re two circles that actually can lie on top of each other, yet they remain separate. Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don’t have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.
Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching. Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of
experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise,
whatever happens. Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to powerful or to be weak, thinking that they live their lives and die their deaths.
Chaos is not disorder. Chaos is the totality of existence. You could call it God. You could use the term, the Tao. I like chaos. It means
more to us in English. Chaos is all things, wild and wonderful, connected perfectly by the life force. You are not anyone or anything in particular. You are awareness itself. You don’t have a particular form. You contain everything or you are contained by all things. What we’re seeking to do is become transparent – a transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We’re starting with a very
solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence. If we’re distracted from the continual flow of perfect mind that we’re
in, suddenly everything configures, everything solidifies. Suddenly a shape appears out of flux, a world appears, karmas appear, pasts,
futures, presents, time structures, yin and yang appear.
What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of yin and yang is within you.The I Ching tells us that for every ending there is a new beginning. In other words, what appears like a transition isn’t really a
transition; it’s a continuum of existence. If you close your eyes for a moment the room will appear to go away. But does it really? Open your eyes again and the room will still be there. That’s all death is. Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching, there’s a hexagram that says, “Be like the sun at midday”. View all things as being equal.
Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things — To see the Tao in a grape, the act of sexuality, meditation, work, play, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, being sick and hurting.”
