Art of God

There is an aspect of being God that I rarely heard anyone mention. Brooks talks about it, I might have heard of it during my Zen years a time or two, in passing. This experience may be left out and overlooked in spiritual teachings cause mind has no access to it, therefore it doesn't consider it important. The experience I'm talking about is an absolute, boundless and everlasting bliss of being alive.

There was a question I heard a lot during my zen years. The "uninitiated" would ask: well, if you get rid of all attachments then what will you do? If you overcome all your desires then you won't feel anything. You won't want anything, you won't do anything. And I would give the same answer - there is a difference between "wanting" to do things and "needing" to do things.

This is a fact worthy of notice, as it happens very, very rarely. I walked my dog the other morning during a brief break between one shower and another, and it was an absolutely wonderful experience. The world around me was teeming with life, I could almost hear all the plants and trees drinking, growing, expanding, stretching, swinging, shaking. They made such a riot, I could hardly hear my thoughts.