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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/3/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/3/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- TWENTY-SIX

Initially, in ignorance we create concepts - we break what is coming up for us into contrivances so they are easier for us to 'grip'.

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Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/2/21 Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/2/21

THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | IX. RETURNING TO THE SOURCE AND ORIGIN

We enjoy the truth that we have integrated and embodied.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/2/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/2/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWENTY SEVEN

All the deluded dreams of the small self can and will cease if we can cut off their mind-runway.

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Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/1/21 Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/1/21

THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | X. Entering the World, Hands Free

At this stage we have had a complete paradigm shift in how we view things like the self and reality, we still will continue refining that understanding.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/30/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/30/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWENTY-EIGHT

Suddenly the trappings of the small self seem so trivial when they are seen from the perspective of interconnectedness, that they are simply forgotten.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/29/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/29/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWENTY-NINE

We like to know the why of things - to apprehend causes and conditions so we can reliably predict what will happen next, or so we can recreate conditions to deliver desired results.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/28/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/28/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTY

When we find the Mind harmonious with the Way, subject and object are shot through.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/27/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/27/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTY-ONE

It is such irony that worldly wisdom has us chasing after a happiness that is more elusive the harder it is sought.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/26/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/26/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTY-TWO

This is a place far beyond deluded thoughts - a place of wonder where thinking never attains.

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Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/25/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 9/25/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTY-THREE

Once we have experienced the transcendent Way, we are at a loss to convey the experience conceptually.

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