[Green Squall]

Probably walking by the ocean with my IPOD on shuffle. Or sitting at my picnic table by the vegetable garden on summer evenings with a few beers.

[Dropped Cat]

One should find zen in everything one does.

Most of the posts describe distractions from uncomfortable
life circumstances.

There is no problem with seeking solace from distress,
but if zen is to be embraced, then look for its lessons
in the things that make you uncomfortable as well.

I find my zen by searching for all the potential ways to zen.



But some bong rips and a single malt shared with you all would
do nicely any time.

Cheers!

[Wendull C.]

Excuse my ignorance, what exactly does one consider zen?

Is it that feeling when im alone with a back pack and rifle tracking mule deer in my favorite desert mountains, or glassing them at 12000'?

I call that my church. As i never feel closer to god tham then.

For those that think I hunt just to kill, I hunt trophy mule deer. Only the biggest bucks will do. Usually a buck I have singled out and hunt for him and him alone.

I have not shot a deer with bow or rifle since 2010. Not that I dont have a xhance every time I go out, that was just the last trophy buck I took. One this year flat out made a fool of me all season. I have never had a better set of hunts than that smart old buck gave me this year.

I explain this only so you might understand me. If I didnt, most certainly would think they do.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Wendull C.

Excuse my ignorance, what exactly does one consider zen?

Is it that feeling when im alone with a back pack and rifle tracking mule deer in my favorite desert mountains, or glassing them at 12000'?

I call that my church. As i never feel closer to god tham then.

For those that think I hunt just to kill, I hunt trophy mule deer. Only the biggest bucks will do. Usually a buck I have singled out and hunt for him and him alone.

I have not shot a deer with bow or rifle since 2010. Not that I dont have a xhance every time I go out, that was just the last trophy buck I took. One this year flat out made a fool of me all season. I have never had a better set of hunts than that smart old buck gave me this year.

I explain this only so you might understand me. If I didnt, most certainly would think they do.

A mate of mine would get dropped off in the mountains around here with a few supplies and hunt deer with a compound bow, for a month or so at a time. One day he left the bow at the campsite and started just stalking animals for fun instead. Then he stopped taking the bow altogether and gave it to me. We set up some targets but the thing was so powerful we lost or broke all the arrows. Up in the mountains was his bliss. Funny how just about everyone get's theirs in nature.

[Wendull C.]

Originally Posted by Mick

A mate of mine would get dropped off in the mountains around here with a few supplies and hunt deer with a compound bow, for a month or so at a time. One day he left the bow at the campsite and started just stalking animals for fun instead. Then he stopped taking the bow altogether and gave it to me. We set up some targets but the thing was so powerful we lost or broke all the arrows. Up in the mountains was his bliss. Funny how just about everyone get's theirs in nature.

I have always called it church for me. No where are my thoughts or love for my family and close friends more on the surface than out in the middle of no where in the Mojave preserve, or the yampa river in Colorado.

I even send sappy messages at 4 am waiting for the sun to come up. They thought I was drunk dialing this year when I sent a message i meant to tell my ma and sis but can't verbalize unless I am out in my element.

Would that be a zen feeling?

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Wendull C.

I have always called it church for me. No where are my thoughts or love for my family and close friends more on the surface than out in the middle of no where in the Mojave preserve, or the yampa river in Colorado.

I even send sappy messages at 4 am waiting for the sun to come up. They thought I was drunk dialing this year when I sent a message i meant to tell my ma and sis but can't verbalize unless I am out in my element.

Would that be a zen feeling?

Sounds good to me.
Sometimes when I'm feeling blissed up in the mountains I'll send silly little messages of love on the wind to close friends and family. So far nobody can remember recieving one. My feeling is that creating little bliss bombs like that can circle the planet and then maybe zap somone out of the blue. I don'd 100% believe that btw, but ya never know. And who knows what happens when 2 bliss bombs meet in space
To me, Zen is as simple as doing one thing at a time. Being in the moment
"'The word 'Zen' is the Japanese attempt at pronouncing the Chinese word 'Chan', which in turn is the Chinese attempt at pronouncing the Sanskrit word 'Dhyana', which translates as 'meditation'. ""

[Wendull C.]

Thanks Mick. I appreciate the knowledge. I tried to use good ol google, but got so many hits back I gave up. Thx again.

[Hermanthegerman]

I am still searching,.....

[starke]

On the Fatboy, on a two lane, with the too loud exhaust rattling the wax out of my ears.

[trichrider]

i find zen or it finds me when the aches and pain of a strenuous job well done imposes a satisfaction that those pains were not in vain. if that can explain.
i used to despise the pain my employment caused, but since dropping out of society and not having an occupation, the pain morphed into pride.