01/05/2026
THE DISEASE OF SATORI
In the Eastern world, things are often very concise. For example, Zen-Chan Buddhism simply states that “one must reach the STILLNESS OF THE MIND, the SILENCE OF THE MIND, with the purpose of achieving, one day, the irruption of the Illuminating Emptiness.”
We are told that “in Satori there is true happiness.” The goal in meditation halls is to achieve stillness of mind (inside, outwardly, and at the center); we are told that “the mind must be like a wall: absolutely still.”
Well, I realize that in Japanese meditation halls it’s very difficult to achieve SATORI, but it only lasts a few minutes, or at best an hour or more, after which the mind is as agitated as ever…
One emerges from that state of bliss to present oneself to the Guru (blissful, intoxicated by Samadhi); of course, the Guru intervenes to give him a few slaps, to bring him out of that state, to get him to balance. “Otherwise,” it is said in pure Zen, “ one would fall into the DISEASE OF SATORI .”
Of course, it is a state, let’s say, of mystical exaltation, and in it he would be at all hours of the day and night, and he would forget that he exists, he would lose his balance in relation to the things of existence, but, surely, with a few well-given “slaps,” you can take him out of that state and bring him back into balance.
Samael Aun Weor
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