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Imagine a beautiful tropical island.Itsbeaches are covered with soft golden sands. The island itselfislike a fairy-tale garden.

Zen is simply a way for us to awaken from our slumber. It isjusta way for us to focus on our present experience, living inthemoment. It is simply paying attention to our actual experiencesasthey are: a breeze brushing through your hair, pristinewaterwetting your lips, a stomach ache, the laughter of childrenplaying”seeing what you see, feeling what you feel. It is beingaware ofall the colors, forms, sights, sounds, touch, taste, andsmell ofyour surroundings.

"Zen is entering into things as they are, beyond conceptandcosmology, beyond separation and duality, beyond personality,andinto the intimacy and richness of this whole moment.(Deshimaru,p6) Zen is the day to day and moment to moment method offocusingon the moment. It has spanned two thousand, six hundredyears fromIndia to China to Japan to right here.