Lately I have been reading about an unorthodox Zen master called Dogen, who lived a very long time ago. To say the least his beliefs were outside the box and controversial.
Dogen believes concepts are experienced in three dimensional space as reality. The thoughts of the one mind are what is real, not the characters in the manifestation of the thought.
For example, I am sitting with my friend "sharing" a piece of chocolate cake and coffee. To my ego, I am sitting across the table from my friend, and I am assuming that he is real. He is sitting across from me and likewise is assuming that I am real as is the experience of eating cake, drinking coffee, and exchanging words. According to Dogen what is really happening is the experience of "sharin View the rest of this article
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