I am truly honored to have been invited to join your community. By way of introduction I am best briefly described by Phantom City in the following quote.
“(C.W.) is not a practicing Buddhist, but a sympathetic traveler, who cherishes sobriety, adores the Lotus Sutra, uses meditation, and employs mantra-powered visualization.”
C.W. Tzu is a manifestation of meditative mind who arose several months ago while I sat my daily Za Zen. Quite simply, a thought came to mind as I merged back into the sentient world; it was a simple phrase which amused me, so I wrote it down. Since that time, this "voice" has continued to catch my attention at the end of my Za Zen meditations, and the collection of these observations has grown quite lengthy. Some strike me as delightfully ridiculous, some as worthy of contemplation, others as simply curious loops in what passes for "mind".
In sharing them, my hope is to encourage dialogue that will illuminate what worth, if any, these observations might offer. I begin with the first entry which I wrote down.
"If those who know you believe you to be crazy,
you are either a person of great insight or
you are crazy. So long as you find this amusing
it really makes no difference. "
(From: The Tzayings of Tzu © by C.W. Tzu)