Bill,
You believe that illusion, by your definition the world of forms that follows
logical rules, arises or exists only in the mind.
This is incorrect because it assumes a dualism of mind versus an external
world. This dualism DOES NOT EXIST.
Thus the world of forms CANNOT be said to exist only in the mind since the mind
itself is PART of that world of forms, just another construct in the world of
forms.
The true picture is that the world of forms exists in the one UNITY antecedent
to the dualism of mind and not mind. Thus it MUST BE an intrinsic part of
reality.
The world of forms are ripples in the formless sea of Buddha Nature, thus they
are PART of Buddha Nature, they manifest Buddha Nature.
Zen is seeing the Buddha Nature IN the world of forms. It is not somehow making
the world of forms disappear as you erroneously imagine.
It is true that in meditation consciousness temporarily can turn attention away
from the forms. That is what you do in Zazen. But that is merely a state of
mind that helps one recognize the Buddha Nature beyond the forms. The world of
forms is always there ready to return as soon as you get up from sitting....
The trick is to bring that realization into daily life IN the world of forms
where one continues to realize the Buddha Nature one realized in zazen IN the
forms of the world in daily life....
That is true Zen mind 24/7. This is the teaching of all the great teachers......
Edgar
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