Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the last thing he would do is create categories; the avowed purpose of Zen is to eliminate categories! The true Zen-man holds to the old Taoist proverb, Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis. - Tom Hoover
Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis.
- Tom Hoover
Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external world. When life is vi… - Tom Hoover
Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external world. When life is vi…
Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the last thing he would do is … - Tom Hoover
Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the last thing he would do is …
Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be 'taught' or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness… - Tom Hoover
Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be 'taught' or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness…
Nothing comes into existence nor does anything disappear. Nothing is eternal, nor has anything any end. Nothing is identical or differentiated. Nothi… - Tom Hoover
Nothing comes into existence nor does anything disappear. Nothing is eternal, nor has anything any end. Nothing is identical or differentiated. Nothi…
Japanese would never 'restore' an antique. The signs of age and wear are to them its most beautiful qualities. - Tom Hoover
Japanese would never 'restore' an antique. The signs of age and wear are to them its most beautiful qualities.
Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive. - Tom Hoover
Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive.
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