Saturday, March 17, 2007
Zen for Christians - Clearing the Snow
A snow globe like this is a great analogy for understaing the effects of meditation on our minds. The world keeps shaking up our globes and our minds are constantly cluttered with thoughts. Meditation is the pratice of putting down the globe and letting it settle. Imagine how much more effective our lives (not to mention our prayer and worship experiences) would be if we could settle the snow a little more often.
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I have always liked the "Snow globe" analogy -
she adds-
"Note that the swirling snow is an intrinsic part of a snow globe. You don't make a better snow globe by freezing it so that the snow can't move or by extracting the snow. Likewise, swirling thoughts are an intrinsic part of Zen practice: We just watch our thoughts, as we watch the snow:
Noticing the swirling snow, set down the snow globe,
Noticing the swirling snow, set down the snow globe,
Noticing the swirling snow, set down the snow globe,...
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