Zen! Real, Clear, Simple

If you've read dozens of books on Zen or if this is your first, if you're new to Zen or an experienced practitioner, this book will help you actualize Zen. ZEN, Real, Clear, Simple, is not a book that's only about Zen, as if Zen is just an interesting theory. And It doesn't only tell you to meditate, breathe deeply or live in the present. Reading this book gives you a deep, clear, practical understanding and more importantly, a felt experience of the true heart of Zen, and it helps you to be more able to live it. You'll actually develop a more Zen state of mind. This is authentic Zen in its most non-dogmatic, non-ritualistic and practical expression.

There are unique, simple, yet powerful experiences built into the narrative. It's designed to change you as you read it. You may find the intensity of some of your issues, your troublesome thoughts and feelings dissolving, it's even possible that some will dissolve completely. There are also many cutting-edge self-help techniques given in the book designed to help you experience Zen.

From the author,
I've been studying and practicing; Zen, Tai Chi, Qi Gung, Buddhism, Taoism, mindfulness, meditation, Yoga, N.L.P. and many other spiritual paths and healing arts for over forty-five years and I have been consistently disappointed. Few if any of them really deliver what they claim. I find this unacceptable. I won't hold out grand promises that won't come true. This book will help you understand Zen and help to establish you in a more Zen state of being.

Too many books oversimplify Zen or commercialize it. ZEN, Real, Clear, Simple, is authentic, real Zen Buddhism clarified and made practical for real people dealing with real life. I cut through the dogma, ritual and all the rules and regulations that you might find in an orthodox, old school, approach to Zen Buddhism. At the same time, I don't modernize, oversimplify or gloss over the finer, deeper or more confusing points of Zen just to appeal to a mas