Rick asked:


1.Widely believed to bring you to spiritual enlightenment, the chanting of a simple six syllable mantra was practiced by Japanese who believed in:
a.Zen Buddhism
b.Shintoism
c.Pure Land Buddhism
d.Taoism

Brianna

deirdrefaith asked:


I am in need of feeding my soul on an indepth spiritual level & am very inspired/intend to enroll myself for a zen meditation retreat nearby Woodstock,NY for a weekend.
I’m very curious as to what ur experience was like– if u have been fortunate enough to have attended one of these retreats and describe your time there from the depths of your soul
Thank you.
[christians restrain urself & save "it" 4 the right catagory/question, and please no 'yes or no' answers]

p.s. if u’ve attended another spiritual retreat such as hindu, buddhism, ur welcome to answer w/open arms as well,thx

Angel

Yogi asked:


Hisenberg’s uncertanty principle poses us an interesting question on “Limit of knowledge”. Please bear in mind that this limit is not imposed due to inability of phycical instruments to probe deeper but it is imposed due to effect of concious observer on reality.

So are mystics & spiritual people correct when they say that the ultimate reality can never be explained by science but can only be experienced by going beyond sences & mind?

Here I am using word mystic & spritual in context of eastern practices of Yoga, Zen & Tao, basicaly the quest of attaining No-mind state.
I see many answers connecting Yoga, Zen, Tao to faith. But these practices has nothing to do with faith. In fact these practices are based on doubt & quest to resolve the doubt through inner enquiry & exploration, just like science does the same with outer enqiiry & exploration.

Aside from this there is great book “The Ghost in the Atom” edited by P.C.W. Davis & J.R. Brown. It has interviews of
Alain Aspect, John Bell, John Wheeler, Rudolf Peierls, David Deutvh, John Tayler, David Bohm & Basil Hiley. There you can see very interesting interpretations of Quantom Theory by leading minds in Physics.

Robert