The Deep Self

I sometimes practice with the Kwan Um School of Zen in South Florida. Yesterday, I asked the president about the various levels of “achievement” in Kwan Um Zen. Here is what he said:

lay people

like me, I just come there but have no level of attainment or responsibility.

5 precepts

Some people take the 5 precepts

Dharma Teacher in Training

This is a minimum of 2 years and involves reading and learning. You have to complete 8 weekend retreats.

Dharma Teacher

Based on an additional resource, once one becomes a Dharma Teacher, you take 5 more precepts.

Senior Dharma Teacher

After a minimum of 5 years and taking the 16 precepts, you are now in a position of service to the temple.

Ji do Poep Sa Nim (Dharma Master)

This person has:

1. gotten all 14 koans (kong-ans) right
2. They go in front of diverse teachers in public
3. They engage in dharma combat in public

Zen Master

Zen Master occurs based on a relation between the master and their student.

Purpose of ths post

Although this blog is about isolation tanks and isolation, I will be blogging about Kwan Um Zen at some point

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Masaru Emoto was a pioneer in the research on how psychic intention can affect molecular structure of water. A few videos illustrating the power of words to affect water positively and negatively are:

1. Rice Experiment Shows Water Has Feelings! (Masaru Emoto) (youtube.com)
2. Masaru Emoto – Water Experiments (youtube.com)

I had some conversations with Shane Stott when ZenFloatCo was active about this topic. He had never heard of it before. As you can see, I am on a mission to be happy and am imprinting my floatation tank water with such a vibration:

I have a few other irons in the pot to achieve happiness. For instance, I do laughter yoga barefoot on the earth for 30 minutes – this allows negativity to drain out of the body.

As I float daily, I am dropping into deeper and deeper bliss. I can only imagine how having positively structured water is going to affect me in and out of the tank.

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Long ago, I was introduced to concept of darkroom retreat in the video at the bottom of this post. The image to the left summarizes the power of darkroom retreat. At first, you might see an urn (positive space). But then a few seconds later you might see two people (negative space).

After 9 days in dark room retreat, you become more acquainted with yourself as FORMLESSNESS RUNNING THROUGH FORM

As an analogy to the picture, you might see the two people more often than the urn.

I’ll be the first to admit that Jasmuheen is a controversial figure. But her expression of the power of isolation to find a greater you is quite exquisite. Fast forward to 7:26 in this video for details;

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