Zen and Unschooling
Ren Allen
~That makes more sense to me now Pat. Thank you for the insight.
I guess I just tdon't like a lot of the history surrounding him (Osho).~
Putting it all into context helps, but like anything, take what works
for you and leave the rest.:)
I'm going to share some parts I like (Osho's writings are in quotes):
"In Zen, and only in Zen, somethign of great import has happened.
That is, there isn't any distinction between ordinary life and
religious life; rather, it has bridged them both. And Zen uses
ordinary skills and methods for meditation. That is something of
tremendous import. Because if you don't use ordinary life as a method
to meditation, your meditation is bound to become something of an escape."
Ren:
I talk a lot about making your daily life, your daily interactions
your PRACTICE. People are always trying to clear away clutter, or take
care of something BEFORE getting to their mediation/practice. But if
day to day life IS your practice, then it turns the ordinary into art,
the mundane into sacred.
"This happens; this unlearning happens. Unlearning is the process of
becoming enlightened. Because you have learned wrong ways, and those
wrong ways are the barriers, they have to be unlearned. You are born
enlightened, and then you are forced into unenlightenment. You are
conditioned for an insance society. Then you are forced to adjust to
an insane society. If you remain miserable there is no wonder in it.
You will remain miserable because this is not your real nature. This
is not the flowering of your being."
I think unschoolers and mindful parents are trying to skip the part
of their children learning "wrong ways" and becoming unenlightened!:)
We WANT our children to know themselves, for their being to flower in
it's own way and time. Beautiful.
"The original eye is perfect in itself. Each child is born with that
original eye--it is perfect--that innocent eye. It is perfect! It
needs no improvement! And the effort of all the masters down through
the ages has been one; whatesoever the society has done, they have to
undo. Whatsoever the society has put into your mind, they have to
take away. They have to dehypnotize you, they have to unconditioni
you. They have to make your childhood again available to you."
I read this at my talk in Peabody titled, "The Zen of Unschooling".
It speaks for itself!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
I guess I just tdon't like a lot of the history surrounding him (Osho).~
Putting it all into context helps, but like anything, take what works
for you and leave the rest.:)
I'm going to share some parts I like (Osho's writings are in quotes):
"In Zen, and only in Zen, somethign of great import has happened.
That is, there isn't any distinction between ordinary life and
religious life; rather, it has bridged them both. And Zen uses
ordinary skills and methods for meditation. That is something of
tremendous import. Because if you don't use ordinary life as a method
to meditation, your meditation is bound to become something of an escape."
Ren:
I talk a lot about making your daily life, your daily interactions
your PRACTICE. People are always trying to clear away clutter, or take
care of something BEFORE getting to their mediation/practice. But if
day to day life IS your practice, then it turns the ordinary into art,
the mundane into sacred.
"This happens; this unlearning happens. Unlearning is the process of
becoming enlightened. Because you have learned wrong ways, and those
wrong ways are the barriers, they have to be unlearned. You are born
enlightened, and then you are forced into unenlightenment. You are
conditioned for an insance society. Then you are forced to adjust to
an insane society. If you remain miserable there is no wonder in it.
You will remain miserable because this is not your real nature. This
is not the flowering of your being."
I think unschoolers and mindful parents are trying to skip the part
of their children learning "wrong ways" and becoming unenlightened!:)
We WANT our children to know themselves, for their being to flower in
it's own way and time. Beautiful.
"The original eye is perfect in itself. Each child is born with that
original eye--it is perfect--that innocent eye. It is perfect! It
needs no improvement! And the effort of all the masters down through
the ages has been one; whatesoever the society has done, they have to
undo. Whatsoever the society has put into your mind, they have to
take away. They have to dehypnotize you, they have to unconditioni
you. They have to make your childhood again available to you."
I read this at my talk in Peabody titled, "The Zen of Unschooling".
It speaks for itself!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Brian & Alexandra Polikowsky
Those are great quotes Ren. My mom has read me some great ones too about children and life.
Alex
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: Ren Allen
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Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:27 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Zen and Unschooling
~That makes more sense to me now Pat. Thank you for the insight.
I guess I just tdon't like a lot of the history surrounding him (Osho).~
Putting it all into context helps, but like anything, take what works
for you and leave the rest.:)
I'm going to share some parts I like (Osho's writings are in quotes):
"In Zen, and only in Zen, somethign of great import has happened.
That is, there isn't any distinction between ordinary life and
religious life; rather, it has bridged them both. And Zen uses
ordinary skills and methods for meditation. That is something of
tremendous import. Because if you don't use ordinary life as a method
to meditation, your meditation is bound to become something of an escape."
Ren:
I talk a lot about making your daily life, your daily interactions
your PRACTICE. People are always trying to clear away clutter, or take
care of something BEFORE getting to their mediation/practice. But if
day to day life IS your practice, then it turns the ordinary into art,
the mundane into sacred.
"This happens; this unlearning happens. Unlearning is the process of
becoming enlightened. Because you have learned wrong ways, and those
wrong ways are the barriers, they have to be unlearned. You are born
enlightened, and then you are forced into unenlightenment. You are
conditioned for an insance society. Then you are forced to adjust to
an insane society. If you remain miserable there is no wonder in it.
You will remain miserable because this is not your real nature. This
is not the flowering of your being."
I think unschoolers and mindful parents are trying to skip the part
of their children learning "wrong ways" and becoming unenlightened!:)
We WANT our children to know themselves, for their being to flower in
it's own way and time. Beautiful.
"The original eye is perfect in itself. Each child is born with that
original eye--it is perfect--that innocent eye. It is perfect! It
needs no improvement! And the effort of all the masters down through
the ages has been one; whatesoever the society has done, they have to
undo. Whatsoever the society has put into your mind, they have to
take away. They have to dehypnotize you, they have to unconditioni
you. They have to make your childhood again available to you."
I read this at my talk in Peabody titled, "The Zen of Unschooling".
It speaks for itself!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
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