Clearing My Foggy Glasses

A contributor to the community forum LessWrong is sharing a personal account of overcoming their initial aversion to Zen Buddhism. As LessWrong tells it, the author previously viewed the practice as passive or anti-intellectual, but found that actual Zen teachings emphasize active engagement with reality and the removal of ego-driven 'second thoughts.' The piece suggests that the goal of the practice is not to stop thinking, but to act and reflect without the distraction of constant self-judgment.

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