{"id":4097,"date":"2020-01-01T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2020-11-24T08:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T08:39:56","slug":"three-short-meditations-3-empty-teacup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/meditation\/three-short-meditations-3-empty-teacup","title":{"rendered":"Three Short Meditations: 3′ Empty Teacup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a short series of short meditations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best is to do the meditations in the following order, but only one at a time in the beginning. If one goes well, you can proceed to the next. If they all go well, you can do them in any order you like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Three Short Meditations: Focus<\/a><\/li>
  2. Three Short Meditations: 3\u2019 Empty Teacup<\/a><\/li>
  3. Three Short Meditations: 3\u2019 Contemplation<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A ZEN STORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A Zen master has a Westerner for a visit and offers him tea. The Westerner immediately subjects him to a series of questions and prejudices. The Zen master keeps pouring tea without saying a word, even when the teacup is already overflowing. The Westerner is surprised about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Explanation: If the teacup (the head of the Westerner) is full, nothing can be added anymore, and the tea (a possible understanding) is, unfortunately, being wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The teacup that is empty time and again indicates returning to being\u2019 empty,\u2019 time and again. Not only is the teacup not overflowing, but it also is \u2018empty\u2019 time and again, as an invitation for new insights. This is a meditation that you can do for a few minutes in the creation of Openness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The following instructions are \u2018simple,\u2019 yet you should not take them as \u2018easy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n