Zen

...To sit is to be at home, to be upright; it is to be intimate, relaxed and yet alert. Without day-dreaming, thinking or blanking out, we count or watch our breath and allow experiences to pass unpursued and unavoided. Gradually in sitting a deeper and clearer awareness of who we are, of what our life is, becomes possible. The illusory gap between inner and outer worlds is (gradually or suddenly) seen for what it is, and in this way, we can become more fully in touch with our world and relate to it more compassionately and productively...