Hi ED,
To me, Chan is quite scientific, logical, easy to understand, grasp and
experience. Nature, God, Buddha, universe, Chan, heart, spirit are one
of the same, because the spirit of it, the essence of it, the true form
of it, are the same. Just like my spirit and your spirit are the same
--- essence, center/base of phenomena.
I don't consider anything supra-normal, un-earthly, super-natural. On
the contrary, everything is real, natural, down to earth and AS IS. Our
spirit can sync to everything. Nothing special, difficult, hard to
understand, supernatural, spiritual about that.
Therefore, Chan practice must include our body, mind and spirit, because
that's what Chan is -- wholeness. no separation, no distinction, no need
to understand. It just is.
Or in the language of Chan, ONE and ALL.
Not sure I directly answered your question. :-)
jm
On 7/26/2012 1:26 PM, ED wrote:
JM, whatever phenomenon you consider to be 'spiritual' in Chan and by
any criterion, is it a natural phenomenon happening in the phyical
world, or can it be supranormal?
--- In [email protected] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>,
覺妙精明 （JMJM）
<chan.jmjm@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you ED for all three posts of yours. Then perhaps it is fair to
> say, "meaning of spiritual differs slightly from one to the other"??
