Welcome to Dharmazilla

Thank you for tuning in and welcome to Dharmazilla!

The teacher, it is said, will appear when the student is ready. That's an old Zen saying; at least that's the way it was explained to me. Funny how things might not be quite what they appear, though. For instance, that may not be a Zen saying at all. Propagated by a recluse monk devoid of anything really meaningful to say, it could have originated from a Zulu warrior moments before he disembowels his wife's lover. I guess the point is that we don't really know what the truth is until WE first hand experience it by our direct and unfiltered realization.

One can't really know what a cheeseburger tastes like until one actually bites down and feels the moment change them forever as they go from non-cheeseburger reality to cheeseburger reality. Then, after the cheeseburger is gone, we rest upon our memories and think back fondly--that was the best damn thing I've ever eaten. Or was it? What did it really taste like. The event itself is in the past. What's left is simply a memory. But how accurate is that memory?

What were the conditions when I first enjoyed upon the animal by-product. Was I happy, sad, anxious. Am I remembering these feelings or the taste of the cheeseburger? Or both? Or neither?

Exploring the limits of what we consider to be the truth is what this blog is all about.


Helping you make the most out of cyclic existance--DharmaZilla