The tenth Zen Ox-herding picture or the tenth stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands.” Hixon writes: “Carrying a gourd, he strolls into the market. He leads innkeepers and fishmongers in the Way of the Buddha. Bare-chested, barefooted, he comes into the marketplace. Muddied and […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Return to the Source (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 9)
The ninth Zen Ox-herding picture or the ninth stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Return to the Source.” Hixon writes: “This waxing and waning of life is no phantom or illusion but a manifestation of the Source. Why, then, is there a need to strive for anything? The waters are […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Both Ox and Self Forgotten (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 8)
The eighth Zen Ox-herding picture or the eighth stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Both Ox and Self Forgotten.” Hixon writes: “The final illusory barrier has evaporated: All delusive feelings have perished, and ideas of holiness, too, have vanished” (Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions by Lex […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Ox Forgotten, Self Alone (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 7)
The seventh Zen Ox-herding picture or the seventh stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Ox Forgotten, Self Alone.” Note that the phrase “Self Alone” refers to the seeker as self or himself (herself) and not to the seeker’s deeper Self. Hixon writes: “There is no twoness. The Ox is his […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Searching for the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 1-A)
Near the beginning of The Matrix, Neo is asleep with his head lying on his right arm on top of his computer desk. His computer is automatically searching for information on Morpheus. Searching… Headline page after headline page comes up while Neo lies asleep. Later, Neo is in a club with Trinity. Trinity says: “Please […]