Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Difference between Sator Calendar and Samadhi

What is the empirical difference between satori (a glimpse of enlightenment) and samadhi (cosmic awareness)? ①Satori: A term used in Zen Buddhism in Japan, referring to the awareness of inner intuition. —— Annotation Samadhi begins as a gap, but it never ends. A gap always begins and ends. It has a limit: a beginning and an end.But samadhi starts with a gap and goes on forever without ending.So, if that happening comes as a gap, and it has no end, then it is samadhi.But if it's a complete void - with a beginning and an end, then it's a satori, and that's the difference.If it's just a glimpse, just a gap, and the gap is lost; if something is like bracketed, and the bracket is complete - you glimpse it and come back; you jump into it and come back is; if something happens and then disappears, then it is Satori.It is a glimpse, a glimpse of samadhi, but not samadhi.

Samadhi means the beginning of knowing without any end. In India we don't have a word that corresponds to Satori, so sometimes, when the gap is large, a person misinterprets Satori as samadhi.But it never is, it's just a glimpse.You come to the universe and look into it, and then everything disappears.Of course you will never be the same again, and now you will never be the same again.Something has penetrated into you, something has been added to you, and you can never be the same again.But that which changes you is still not with you, it is only a reminder, a memory, it is only a glimpse.

If you can remember it -- if you can say "I have known that moment," then it is only a glimpse, because the moment that happened in samadhi, you will not remember it.Then you can never say "I already know it", because with that knowing, the knowing disappears.Only when glimpsed, the one who knows is still there. So the one who knows can keep this glimpse as a memory, he can cherish it, long for it, desire it, try again to experience it, but "he" is still there.The one who glimpsed, the one who saw is still there.It has become a memory, and now, that memory will haunt you, follow you, and demand that phenomenon again and again.

The moment that samadhi happens, you are not there to remember it.Samadhi can never become part of the memory because the person who was there is gone.Like in Zen people say "The old man is gone, and the new man has come..." And the two will never meet, so there cannot be any memory there.The old disappears, the new comes, they do not meet, because the new comes only when the old disappears.At that time it was not a memory.It will not haunt it, pursue it eagerly, long for it.Then, as you are, you are at ease and have nothing to desire. It's not that you've killed desire, no!In sense it is desire-lessness, because the person who desires is gone.It is not a state of no desire, it is no desire because the person who desires is gone.Then, without desire, there is no future, because the future is created through our desire, it is a projection of our desire.

If there is no desire, then there is no future.And if there is no future, then there is no need for the past, for the past is always the background against which and through which the future can be desired. If there is no future, if you know that at this very moment you are dying, then there is no need to remember the past.It is not even necessary to remember your name, because a name has a meaning only if there is a future.It may be needed, but if there is no future then you have burned all your bridges to the past, they are not needed, the past has become completely meaningless.The past has meaning only if it is for the future or for the future.

The moment samadhi happens, the future becomes non-existent, it doesn't exist, only the present moment exists.It's the only time that doesn't even have any past.The past disappears, the future disappears, and a single, momentary existence becomes the total existence.You are in it, but not as a separate entity from it.You cannot be different because you are different from the whole existence only because of your past or your future.The condensed past and future that surround you are the only barrier between you and the present moment that is happening.So, when samadhi happens, there is no past and no future.Then it is not that you are in the moment, but: you are the moment, you become the moment.

Samadhi is not a glimpse, Samadhi is a death.But Satori is a glimpse, not a death.There are many ways that a satori can happen.An experience of beauty can be a possible source of satori.Music can be a possible source of satori, love can be a possible source of satori.In any intense moment, the past becomes meaningless, in any intense moment, when you are living in the present moment - whether it is love, music, poetic emotion, or any phenomenon of beauty, in which the past is not There will be interruptions, and there will be no desire for the future, then Satori becomes possible.But Satori is just a glimpse.This glimpse is meaningful because through the satori you will be able to feel for the first time what samadhi means.The first taste of samadhi or its unique fragrance comes through sato.

So, Satori is helpful, but anything that is helpful can also be a hindrance if you get attached to it and feel like it is everything.Satori has a bliss that can fool you, it has a bliss of its own.Because you don't know samadhi, which comes to you eventually, you are attached to Satori.But if you cling to it, you turn that helpful, friendly thing into some kind of hindrance and enemy.So, one must be aware of the possible dangers of Satori.If you can be aware of it, then the experience of Satori will help. A single, momentary glimpse is something that can never be known any other way.No one can explain it, not even words, no information can suggest it.The satori is meaningful, but it is only a glimpse, a breakthrough, a single, momentary breakthrough into being, into that abyss.The moment you are not even aware of it, before you are even aware of it, it closes on you, like a camera "click" -- "click" and everything disappears.Then a desire is created and you risk everything for that moment.But don't desire it, don't desire it, let it sleep in memory.Don't make any more problems out of it, just forget about it.If you can forget about it, detach from it, then these moments will come to you more and more, these glimpses will happen to you more and more.

A demanding mind becomes closed, and glimpses are shut off.It always comes when you are not aware of it, when you are not looking for it.It comes when you are relaxed, when you are not even thinking about it, when you are not even meditating.Even when you are meditating, glimpses become impossible.But when you are not meditating, when you are just in the moment of letting it go -- doing nothing, waiting for nothing, in that moment of relaxation, satori happens. It will start happening more and more, but don't think about it, don't crave it.Never mistake it for samadhi. What preparations do I need to experience Satori?

Satori is possible for many because sometimes it requires no preparation and sometimes it happens by accident.That situation happened unconsciously.There are many people who know it, they may not know it is called Satori, may not see it as Satori, but they know it.An exciting love affair can produce this experience. Even through chemical medicine, satori is possible.It is possible with mescaline, LSD, and marijuana.Because through chemistry the mind can expand enough to produce a glimpse.After all, we all have chemical bodies—mind and body are chemical building blocks, so glimpses are possible through chemicals. ① mescaline (mescaline): an alkaloid. ——Editor's note

Sometimes a sudden danger penetrates you so strongly that a glimpse becomes possible; sometimes a shock so powerful takes you into that moment that a glimpse becomes possible too.Glimpses are possible for those with an aesthetic sensibility, those with the soul of a poet, those with an emotional rather than an intellectual attitude to reality. Glimpse is impossible for a rational, logical, intellectual being.Sometimes it happens to a sane person, but only through some strong, sane tension that is suddenly relaxed.It happened to Archimedes.When he ran naked out of the bathtub into the street yelling "I figured it out, I found it", he was in satori.It was a sudden release from the constant tension he had been thinking about a problem.The problem is solved, so all the tension that was there because of the problem is suddenly released.He ran naked into the street and yelled, "I figured it out, I found it." As far as a sane man has a big problem that requires his whole , and the problem is suddenly solved, then, it can bring him to a satori moment.But it will be easier for some aesthetic minds. ②Archimedes (about 287 BC to about 212 BC): Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and inventor.The story here refers to how he was ordered by the king to determine the purity of the gold contained in the crown, and discovered the buoyancy theorem while taking a bath. —— Annotation You mean even intellectual tension can be a path to satori? It may or may not be.If you become intellectually tense during this discussion, and this tension is not taken to an extreme, it will be a hindrance.But if you become totally tense and suddenly something is realized, that realization will be a release, and satori can happen. Or, if the discussion is not tense at all, if we are just chatting, totally relaxed, not serious at all, such a discussion can even become an aesthetic experience.Not only flowers are beautiful, but even words are beautiful; not only trees are beautiful, but human beings are also beautiful.Not only is satori possible when you are watching the clouds drift by, it is possible even when you are participating in a conversation.But it has to be either relaxed or very intense.You either start off with a relaxation, or you are brought to a head because of the tension and then relax.When one of these two occurs, even a dialogue, a discussion can become a source of satori.Anything can be a source of satori, it depends on you, it never depends on anything else.Sartori can happen when you are just walking across a street and see a child laughing. There is a haiku that tells a similar story: a monk is crossing a street, and a very ordinary flower is peeping out from a wall, it is a very ordinary flower, you can see it every day , There are flowers in every place.He looked at it, the first time he ever actually looked at it, because it was so common, everywhere, it was always found somewhere, so he had never been touched to actually look at it before it.He looked into it - Satori happened. An ordinary flower is never looked at.It's so mundane that you forget it.So this monk had never really seen the flower before.For the first time in his life he "sees" it, and that event becomes extraordinary, this encounter with this very ordinary flower becomes unique.Now he was sorry for it, it had been there waiting for him, but he never looked at it.He felt sorry for it and asked its forgiveness.That's how it happened.The flowers are there, and the monks are dancing there.Someone asked: "What are you doing?" He said: "I saw something extraordinary in a very ordinary flower. The flower has been waiting, and I never noticed it before, but today, an encounter happened." Now, the flower is no longer It is ordinary, the monk has penetrated it, and the flower has penetrated the monk. An ordinary object, even a small rock, can be a source.To a child a small rock is a source, but to us it is not a source because it has become so familiar.Anything unusual, anything rare, anything that comes into view for the first time can be a source of satori.If you are available -- if you are present, if you are present, then the phenomenon can happen. Satori happens to almost everyone, it may not be interpreted that way, you may not know it is Satori, but it happens.And this happening is the reason for all spiritual pursuits, otherwise, spiritual pursuits would not be possible.How can you go after something you haven't even seen?First, something has to happen to you, some ray has to come to you -- a touch, a breeze, something has to come to you to be a search. Spiritual search is possible only if something has happened to you that you do not know about.It may be in love, it may be in music, it may be in nature, it may be in friendship -- it may be in any ordinary thing.Something that was a source of joy happened to you, and now it is just a memory, a recollection.It's not even a conscious memory, it may be unconscious.It may be like a seed waiting somewhere deep inside you.This seed will become a source of seeking, and you will continue to seek something that you do not know.What are you looking for?You do not know.But still somewhere, without you even knowing it, certain experiences, certain blissful moments have become part of your mind.It has become a seed, and now the seed is sprouting, and you are after something you cannot name, something you cannot explain. What are you looking for?If a spiritual person is sincere and honest, then he cannot say "I am looking for God" because he does not know whether it is God or not.The word "God" means absolutely nothing unless you know it.So you cannot go after God or Moksha, you cannot.A sincere seeker will have to return to himself.The quest is not for something outside, it is for something within.Somewhere, something that has been glimpsed is known, it becomes a seed, it forces you, it pushes you towards something unknown. The pursuit of spirituality is not a drag from the outside, it is a push from within.It's always a push.And if it is a drag then it is not sincere, not real, then it is nothing but a new fulfillment, just a new turn of your desire.A spiritual quest is always a push, a push toward something deep within that you have glimpsed once.You have not understood it, you have not consciously known it.It may be a memory of a satori that occurred in childhood that sinks into the unconscious. It may be a blissful moment of satori that happens when you are in the mother's womb, a blissful existence without any worries, tensions, mind in a state of complete relaxation.It may be a deeply unconscious feeling that is driving you, one that you are not yet clearly aware of. Psychologists agree that the whole idea of ​​spiritual pursuit comes from the experience of bliss in the mother's womb.It is very blissful, very dark, there is not even a trace of tension there.After the first glimpse of light, tension starts to be felt, but the darkness is absolutely relaxing.There is no worry, nothing to do, you don't even need to breathe because your mother is breathing for you.You exist as one does when one attains moksha.Everything is just existence, and existence is bliss.To achieve this state, nothing has to be done, it just is. So, it may be a deep unconscious seed within you that has experienced total relaxation.It may be some childhood experience of aesthetic bliss or a childhood experience of satori.Every childhood is full of satori, but we are all lost.Paradise is gone, Adam was thrown out of Paradise, but the memory remains, that unknown memory that pushes you. Samadhi is different.You don't know samadhi, but through the satori the promise of something greater is possible.Satori becomes a promise to lead you towards samadhi. To achieve it, what should we do? You don't have to do anything, just one thing: you have to be aware, you have to be non-resistance, there can be no resistance to it.But there is always resistance, and that's why there is pain.There will be an unconscious resistance.If something starts happening in the brahman point on the top of the head, it just starts to bring the death of the ego a little closer, but it seems so painful; that there is an inner resistance.This resistance can take two forms: either you will stop doing meditation, or you will find a way to go beyond it, to go through it. Do nothing.This question is also a form of resistance.Let it do what it is doing, just be fully aware and accepting of it.Be with it, let it do what it wants, work with it. Should I just be a watcher? Don't just be a watcher, because just being a watcher to the process creates blockages.Don't be a watcher.Work with it, become one with it.Just cooperate with it, surrender to it completely -- surrender yourself to it and say, "Do whatever, do whatever needs to be done", you are just cooperating with it. Don't resist it, don't pay attention to it, because even your attention will be a resistance.Just be with it and let it do whatever needs to be done, you cannot know what is needed, you cannot plan what should be done.You can only surrender to it and let it do whatever is necessary.That sanctum has its own wisdom, every center has its own wisdom, and if we become aware of it, then a disturbance will be created. As soon as you become aware of any inner workings of your body, you create a disturbance because you create tension.The whole functioning, inner workings of the body are unconscious.For example, once you eat something, you don't have to pay attention to it, you have to let your body do whatever it likes.If you become mindful of your stomach, then you disturb it, the whole functioning will be disturbed, and the whole stomach will be uncomfortable. In the same way, when the brahman point on the top of the head is functioning, don't pay attention to it, because your attention will not be good for it, you will affect it.You come face to face with it, and this meeting, this encounter will be an interruption, and the whole process will be unnecessarily prolonged.So, from tomorrow on, just be with it, move with it, suffer with it, let it do whatever it wants to do, and you have to surrender completely, to it entirely.This surrender is karma, it is more karma than becoming attention, because your attention is karma, it is an action. So just be with whatever happens.It's not that you are not aware with it, it's just that you won't be paying attention.You will be aware, that is different.When with it there is awareness, a pervasive awareness.You will know all the time something happened, but now you will be with it and there will be no conflict between your awareness and that happening. Does meditation lead to samadhi? In the beginning, effort is required.Effort is needed unless you go beyond the mind.Once you have gone beyond the mind, effort is not needed; and if it is still needed, that means you have not gone beyond the mind.A bliss that requires effort is of the mind, a bliss that does not require any effort is natural, it is of being, it is just like a breath.Effort is not needed, not only that, but alertness is also not needed.It will last.Now, it's not something added to you, it's you.So it becomes samadhi. Zen ① is meditation and effort, and samadhi is effortlessness.Meditation is effort, ecstasy is effortlessness.Then, you don't need to do anything with it.That's why I say; unless you get to the point where meditation becomes useless, you still haven't achieved the goal.Roads must become useless.If you achieve the goal, the path becomes useless. ① Zen: A Buddhist noun, which means that the mind is focused on one place, and it is carefully considered. ——Editor's note