This is the first in a series we are doing on meditation.  The whats, the whys and why nots in a lead-up to episodes on specific types of meditation.  In this episode we discuss Zen training,  authentic teachings and teachers who share their own experience, natural vs human controlled meditation, the free-floating mind (known also as Shikantaza), Zen riddles, a gradualistic approach and sudden, epiphenous moments of deep realization, psychedelics and being receptive versus being projective.