Zen Living: Living on the Edge
Dharmshala. Photo by Anagha M. Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Lawrence G Boldt is a celebrated book that speaks directly to young people and speaks more about professional growth then about Zen as such. But whatever it says about Zen it says meaningfully, powerfully, beautifully. One of the things it asks us to do is to live free. Live free, live dangerously, live on the edge, live refusing to be tamed, refusing to be bound, says Zen. One of the names for Zen masters is crazy clouds – crazy because they do not follow social conventions that appear meaningless to them and for that reason they do not look normal to people For instance when everyone works for security and safety, they choose to throw safety and security to the winds and live facing insecurity every moment. For they know that it is in insecurity that we grow, we need the challenges of insecurity for reaching our full maturity, for unfolding all the possibilities within us. They are called clouds because