When the master appears, the Zen dance you dance is the real Zen dance, the Zen dance, the dance of soul, the dance of life, and the unique Zen dance that truly belongs to you, which can bring love and nourishment to all beings at the same time. But most people are "dancing Zen", jumping with their brains and self, with stiff limbs, abrupt movements, serious expressions and dull eyes. This kind of "dance meditation" is of little help to physical and mental health.
So everyone is learning to dance Zen dance, but if you don't learn it in order and master the mental method, the role of Zen dance will be far from perfect.
Xia Jie is very lucky. When I completely relax myself and listen to music and dance according to my mind, the dance is so fluid, both rigid and flexible, and at the same time I can keep my consciousness at all times, naturally showing a static and quiet state. Jumping and jumping, as if there was an air current pushing the whole body. Every cell is full of vitality, so lively, but so orderly, soft and clear. The whole person seems to have been taken over by some kind of energy, empty, but unusually awake.
After a dance, I feel refreshed and great. I finally understand why fellow initiates said that when she crossed the valley, she used Zen dance instead of other techniques she had done, and achieved the same physical fitness effect.
This so-called energy is actually given by our inner peace of mind. The reason why the Zen dance of the Middle Way does not need any foundation is that both male and female teachers can learn it, because its core is not dancing, but the cultivation of Zen mind. We cultivate truth through falsehood, through the carrier of body, and through the method of Zen dance in the Middle Way. We are always aware of the five elements of body, thought, emotion and physical and mental happiness. No matter what changes take place outside, we always remain motionless, and finally apply the awareness we have experienced to life practice, so as to make life better.
Because most obstacles are not problems, but our mentality of dealing with problems and the way we deal with emotions.
For example, two families are in debt of 5 million at the same time, and one of them thinks that the end of the world is coming, and would rather die than have nowhere to go. Every day, he is shrouded in great fear. The other, after a short adjustment, firmly believes that everything is the best arrangement. He believes that debt is just the expansion of wealth, and it will be solved soon, so it will definitely turn over soon.
However, the same situation is two different States of existence. The difference lies in whether we can realize the present, jump out of the cage of fear, observe it with a fixed heart and face it with a positive and optimistic attitude. This is what we call cultivating the mind, cultivating a heart of submission, a heart of king kong, a heart of awakening, a heart of tranquility, and a Zen mind that is not turned by the outside world.
Yes, Zen is to practice, with methods and skills, and it needs constant practice and improvement in practice.