The first step you should take in Zen work is to forget about all understanding and knowledge and concentrate on one thought.

The grasping mind so wants reassurance that we are headed in the “right direction.”  But when what you are seeking is directionless and spacious, there is no measuring stick to use to find where you are.

What Zen is can prove difficult to explain to someone becoming interested in Zen. Using words to describe something that is truly beyond words seems to add to the confusion, and the tendency to conceptualize takes over the discussion.

How to make the leap into experiencing that causal connections produce events? What does it feel like to experience the world as a sage? And exactly what does he mean by “causal connection?”

Just understanding what it is to be a sage can still leave us without the sense of commitment to become one with the actions of a sage.

Imagine having a teacher whose use of language itself can transport you out of thinking mind into being-in-the-present mind.

There is a simplicity in the uncomplicated present before all the thoughts and feelings arise that is more akin to a natural state of just being-in-the-present.

Wayfarer is a term close to the heart of Daily Zen as it is an unadorned, simple description for entering a process that is timeless. 

This excerpt speaks to our current times so well, and Song-chul helps us to understand one of the thorniest questions in Buddhism along with the process required to become free of delusion.

Many have felt the call to go deeper, no matter what the time or place; the invitation to the search has been felt and not abandoned.