I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
It is not good to talk about Zen, because Zen is nothingness... If you talk about it, you are always lying, and if you don't talk about it, no one knows it is there.
I'm a lapsed Zen Buddhist. I've read hundreds of books on Zen, I meditated daily for about fifteen years, and once spent a month studying with Vietnamese Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh.
I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years - the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.
It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.
The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.