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How can I meditate to become enlightened? I am a Christian and want to start right away.  I simply need instructions to start so I don't do it wrong.

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What is this "I" that wants to become enlightened? Who is it that makes ideas of "right" and "wrong"?

Inquire into your true self this way, till you reach a big Don't Know that's before thinking, before "I".

For instance, if you start thinking, "I want to get enlightened," that's thinking, so throw that away and return to clear mind. If you start thinking, "I wonder if I'm doing this right," that's thinking, so throw that away and return to clear mind.

Etc.

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Stuart Resnick

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I'm a long-time practitioner in a Korean-style Zen school. I can answer questions regarding Zen, formal sitting meditation, self-inquiry, the practice of "koan" transmission, and offer the particular perspective of this school on the great life questions.

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18 years of formal practice with the Kwan Um School of Zen, currently with the Empty Gate Zen Center of Berkeley, currently a "Senior Dharma Teacher" at this center, I give periodic talks and informally answer questions of students interested in Zen practice and teaching style

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