The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

MeditationBreathe in without attaching to“internals”.Breathe out without attaching to“externals”.Time, Distance, and LocationIf there is only one substance,(metaphorically called the ocean)then cause and effect are one andare not and there is no time priorto the abstraction process. Moreshockingly, there is no “timesequences” without abstraction.Time, along with distance andlocation, disappears with thisunderstanding. Time can only existif there is something or someoneseparate from it to say this isso. Take for example:Zen Koan: ”When a sound occurs,does the sound go to the ear, orthe ear to the sound, or does theseen go to the eye or does theseer go to the sight?”In both instances we are lookingat the same situation. The issueto become unpacked is not onlydistance and location, but the134