Truth Is Experience, Not Words

It’s a common theme in Buddhism and any practice that involves meditation to seek to “quiet the mind,” to stop the mental chatter of unnecessary, agitating, & disempowering words we use constantly. Zen Buddhism goes so far to remove our dependency on language that at times it can seem like nonsense.

Of course we need language to function in society, and to understand abstract patterns in our life. But our life is not made of words; it’s made of experiences. To constantly be thinking is to always have a veil of words over your eyes, blocking you from really drinking in the beauty of the present.