Spirituality...

Spirit is the breath of life. It is the consciousness of existence.

The Zen Spiritual Institute embraces a universal energy field that cannot be seen but supports all physical life as we know it. That energy is spiritual. It is the no-thing-ness that supports the mystery of life. Modern quantum-physics has been finding evidence to support what the great mystics have always known throughout time - there is something of greater significance underlying the physical world and it literally breathes life.

Spirit is an individual's inner self. Far removed from the mind and its ego character, the spirit of every human being is a silent voice. It is the state of being when all conditioning from society as well as our minds have been dropped or set aside. Artists and athletes experience this state often. It is when a person is so involved with the moment that they completely remove themselves from time and enter into eternity. Many forms of meditation have been created to achieve this state of no-mind-ness or spirituality.

The Institute recognizes every human as a physical manifestation of a universal consciousness or spirit. This same spirit resides in all forms of life including inanimate as well as animate creatures. Thus, any action done to any other physical manifestation is done to the self. “Do unto others as you would have done unto you” becomes an experience of truth for the seeker.

The intrinsic trait of spirit is creativity. Spirit is creativity. Thought is the physical form of spiritual creativity. A thought has the power of the universe behind it and can literally move mountains. Once the creative potential of an individual is realized by their inner selves, nothing can stop them from achieving whatever they want. Spiritually all humans are gods.

Spirit is perfect. However, the physical manifestations of spirit are not. It is for this reason that physical beings are able to grow. Through trial and error the universal spirit is achieving consciousness more and more every moment. This achieving is easily seen through humans who have begun spiritual transformation. Taking the inner self from a lower level of consciousness to a higher one is spiritual transformation. Some of the highest peaks of consciousness ever reached where represented through Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu, Mohammed and thousands more.

The Zen Spiritual Institute is dedicated to bringing the spirit of each human to a higher level. The curriculum of courses is designed to give everyone a door to meditation that fits their individuality. The further a seeker enters into themselves through meditation the less they need to rely on the method to achieve it. Spiritual transformation achieves a momentum of its own and is supported by existence. In transformation you never control, you simply become more aware. A seeker reaches a point where the curriculum is no longer necessary. That is the ultimate goal of the Institute.