Jim Redel

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Jim began a journey into Zen in 1974, with the reading of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. He began a formal practice in 1989, including a 20-year study with the Zen master Joshu Sasaki.

Jim also studied (and continues to study) the martial arts - primarily Aikido, the sword, and the short staff.

Taming the Ox: How Zen Masters Describe the Path to Awakening

Zen Metaphors: The Ox and Herder

Why You Are Both the Teenager With Car Keys and the Self-Driving Car

What if I told you that your sense of self is basically a teenager with car keys, and your Buddha-nature is the self-driving car?
That’s the Zen metaphor of the ox and herder.
And the punchline?
You are both the teenager and the car.

Stay with me.

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Taking the notion of evolution to the next level. Highly recommended if you want to see the world with new eyes.
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Riveting. Am on my third crack and learning more each time.
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