Satori, Zen meditation retreat
Based on the Zen koan, Who am I?, Satori was probably the most fun process I have ever done. The first couple of days (It goes for 7 days, fully residential) were pretty tough, ('Why am I?' rather than 'Who am I?' being the question for me!), but once I plugged in, mostly an exploration, with humour a vital ingredient, and later an often hilarious delving into exactly what trust was going to do with love; which came first, life, love or trust, and where does Mu fit into it all anyway? Is Mu really all there is? Is there no difference between you, me and Mu? Does everything consist of Mu, and more Mu? Is there anything that is not Mu? Am I, when one really gets down to it, Mu? Or am I just “another”?
It was fantastic, highly recommended, a worthy adventure, finding out who I am, who is writing, who is reading, wondering who am I that’s wondering who am I that’s wondering who I am, and who I will be when I ever get off this merry go round of who am I am I am I am I ….. I felt as though I’d undergone a grease and oil change! It was so beautiful to have a week off just focusing on who I am. A great platform to break whatever habits I want it seems to me.
I had a beautiful time overall, even liking the structure, and falling in love again with Osho and his crazy people who along with his “out there” meditations and words constitute his incredible legacy. Every time I ‘come back’ to Osho I get utterly blown out, hugely grateful for having a master with such a wicked sense of humour. I got a taste of the sacredness of humour, and that it seems to make the world go around more than anything else.
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Written by Mark O'Brien