Zen Absorption And Practice

The paradoxThe more aggressively someone tries to achieve flow or enlightenment,the more self-conscious they often become.Because now there is:“me trying to attain a special state.”Zen repeatedly undermines this tendency.The “correct direction” mentioned in the passage means:less grasping,less division,less fixation on self,greater immediacy,greater intimacy with ordinary life.Not becoming superhuman.Often becoming simpler.