Buddha and zen on intuition... (ritual, translation, hell, spiritual)

[zenzero]

Friend Francine,

There is a season for growth, and a season for shedding leaves and retracting growth. The desire for constant growth leads to suffering. I love a specific soul

Awareness of one's own limitation is a growth in itself.
* I love a specific soul*
are like ripples which too will vanish when the mind settles, and the truth reflects.
Deep down the lake is always still, its only the ripples on the surface; which is bound to settle with passage of time.
Only a constant awareness / alertness is required.
Love & rgds

[ben d]

Yes, it does seem so abstruse. The harder you try, the slower you proceed , the less you try, the more you back slide.

This seems to capture it!

A buddha doesn't do good or evil. A buddha isn't energetic or lazy. A buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can't even focus his mind on a buddha. A buddha isn't a buddha. Don't think about buddhas. If you don't see what I'm talking about, you will never know your own mind.

From the Bloodstream Sermon - Bodhidharma

[zenzero]

Friend ben d,
Just missed the refernce point of your response.
If you state

Yes, it does seem so abstruse. The harder you try, the slower you proceed , the less you try, the more you back slide.

Yes, it is correct, there should be no effort from your side let it happen on its own accord, you sit back and relax just with awareness /alertness / watchfullness.

Only when thinking stop that the mind does not remain a mind any longer it is no-mind / a void / the whole. Mind cannot be used at all even to focus on buddha it has to be silent / quite for truth to be reflected.

Love & rgds