Can We Maintain The Meditative State All The Time? by a Zen Master and a Neuroscientist

The meeting between a Neuroscientist and a Zen Master: formal and informal meditations.

How can we keep meditating when we get out of a meditation room?

Meditation can be practiced with structures (sitting, walking, yoga), and also can be practiced throughout entire days (informal).
Wonderful talks by Neuroscientist Sat Bir Singh Khalsa and Zen Master Jok Um (Ken Kessel)

Neuroscientist Sat Bir Singh Khalsa is an Assistant Professor of Harvard Medical School, Research Director-Yoga Alliance, and a Kundalini Yoga student of Yogi Bhajan.

Zen Master Jok Um (Ken Kessel), guiding Teacher for New Haven Zen Center, Hwa Um Sa-Orlando Zen Center, Gateless Gate Zen Center (Gainesville) and Cypress Tree Zen Group (Tallahassee). He also teaches at the Chogye International Zen Center of New York, as well as at other Zen Centers and affiliates.

Zen Master Jok Um began studying with Zen Master Seung Sahn, the Founder of Kwan Um School of Zen, in 1975. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a psychotherapist, specializing in infant and early childhood mental health.

[sanjeevbjain]

They were absolutely brilliant, speaking on Consciousness.Thank you sirs

[WinChun]

Most artists enter into that state naturally through their creative art, which is a channeling of inspiration from the unconscious. That is why any form of creativity can help your meditational focus a lot. It's about looking away from the mundane outer world, to connect to the source of life energy, wherein we feel far more alive.

[MrTetsukobu]

The dilemma of a Zen master is: "You cannot express it by words, you cannot express it without words". If your brain feels interested in Zen, you are already a buddha in potential. If your brain is not interest in Zen, you wil die without seeing your ORIGINAL face. Original face means, if you return your flesh to your mother and the bones to your father, you'll EXPERIENCE your original face. Master Ikkyu wrote;
You believe you are alive,
You die;
What a pity!

[mynameisnobody]

Does this mean you can meditate while working ?

[unfnbelievable]

"Sikh Zen you will find!" Matthew 7:7 Sorry. Felt compelled to throw that in there.

[justinJoe]

why would you want to meditate all the time?