In Zen practice and in the martial arts, much is made by the old masters of cultivating Immovable Mind. Immovable Mind means that one's attention is not caught by anything. One's mind is not stuck in a memory. One's mind is not caught in a fantasy. The mind is not caught in fear or anger or any of the emotions. The mind is not caught in reflection or in how one is doing or in what someone thinks. The mind resides where it resides and all else moves. The mind is like water reflecting the moon. The water does not hold on to the moon and its reflection. Immovable mind is moving meditation.
Meditation is not a hypnotic state. Meditation is wide awake awareness. Awareness without being caught, without catching oneself. Immovable Mind is a necessity for creative rebellion. What one is rebelling against is being caught in any of the "tar babies" described above and any others with which you may have famil-iarized (made part of your family) yourself. Energy is freed up and creative juices begin to flow.
Meditation is not a hypnotic state. Meditation is wide awake awareness. Awareness without being caught, without catching oneself. Immovable Mind is a necessity for creative rebellion. What one is rebelling against is being caught in any of the "tar babies" described above and any others with which you may have famil-iarized (made part of your family) yourself. Energy is freed up and creative juices begin to flow.
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