Inspired by a string of discussions I’ve had with close friends (Ryan, Walker, etc.), and through the reading and practicing I’ve done, I wrote an essay on GenSit entitled Normalizing the Big E. It’s an inquiry into what it would be like to treat enlightenment as something quite ordinary, instead of holding it as supernormal or as unattainable and unworthy of pursuit.
Vincent Horn is a Buddhist Geek and Digital Innovator. In addition to being a long-time meditation practitioner, Vincent has started several organizations aimed at shaping the future of contemplative practice. His work focuses on the fusion of nascent technology and contemplative wisdom, and has been featured on the pages of Wired, Fast Company, and the Los Angeles Times. Along with his wife Emily, he makes his home in Boulder, Colorado—that is until the distinction between atoms and bits dissolves completely.
This sounds like what the teachers I listen to tell me about spirituality.
I’ve also heard enlightenment called “Super-Ordinary.” I like that one.
The problem is usually in refering to oneself as enlightend. But aren’t we all? Leading to the proverbial question of Dogen, “Why do we need to sit?”