Titles
I renamed this blog “The Company of Oneself” because I figured that I was mainly writing to myself, and I thought that the phrase was nice.
I have recently begun to think about Zen a lot, and the concept of the “here and now”, questioning my ego, and so on. I’ve sat zazen only a couple of times, but I know that I’m going to benefit from the practice in the long run (the very long run: it’s going to be a couple of birthdays).
I read the title of this blog again, and I realized that “The Company of Oneself” describes zazen. You don’t sit to worship with a group; you aren’t in it to gain status among your peers. Yes, you can sit in a zendo with others (as I have done and will do countless times more) but it’s not required. When you become a buddha, you are the direct beneficiary of that experience.
Staring at a wall, trying not to think, realizing that you are one with the universe, that is being in the company of oneself.
