Carl Jung Meets Master Zuigan: The Dialogue Within
What happens when the worlds of Zen and psychology converge? In this engaging talk, Sensei Michael explores Mumonkan Case 12: Zuigan Calls Himself Master through the lens of Carl Jung's profound insights into the psyche. Discover how Zuigan's daily practice of calling out to the Master mirrors Jung's concept of individuation and the integration of fragmented identities.
Sōzan Shows Heidegger the Way
The clinging to roles, identities, and external validation acts as a barrier to authentic self-understanding. Heidegger called for Kehre, a radical turning. It requires confronting the truth of impermanence—what he called “being-towards-death.
The one-eyed dragon Isan spoke of isn’t mythical. It’s the clarity that arises when we stop seeing with the two eyes of duality—self and other, right and wrong. These two eyes bind us to judgment and striving. The one eye is the eye of wisdom, the eye that sees beyond. It’s the eye through which the universe looks back at you.