RayD wrote Quote: Are you familiar with Steve's Audio Paper "The Zen Design Process" and his design approach to the original Zen Triode amp:
https://www.decware.com/paper24.htmI love this quote from the paper:
"The design evolved through a series of choices that presented themselves as options solved through intuition."
I think intuition and feeling is very powerful - probably relying on the subconscious.
The Unconscious - the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behavior and emotions:
subconscious
of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings:
(not in technical use in psychoanalysis, where unconscious is preferred):
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go - John Lennon
There is a difference between Buddhism and Zen
Zen is a branch of Buddhism that originated in China, when Buddhists were introduced to Taoists.
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Buddhism
Goal To attain enlightenment and be released from the cycle of rebirth and death, thus attaining Nirvana. The end of the cycle between birth and death.
Zen
Goal to gain enlightenment
TAO
The Tao is in reality undefinable but in Chinese philosophy it is the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order.
IMO Zen is a name well chosen for tools that allow us to achieve bliss while seeking enlightenment from music while on the wheel between those two goals.Zen and Tao are major philosophies that often stand apart from religion
In the ninth century, the Buddhist sage Lin Chi told a monk, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." He meant that those who think they've found all the answers need to start questioning.
https://youtu.be/dE_XVl7fwBQ