Question
In Zen, people often speak of returning to “here and now.” I perceive “now” as the timeless interval between two grasped thoughts. Thoughts arising there simply pass through. Is the mind stripped bare?
I have more difficulty with “HERE,” although it must relate to concentration on the body, the buttocks on the zafu. Um, the interval between two whats—the body stripped bare?
Gassho.
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
Here and now is the zero point of time and space.
Kosen