Cosmic Dancing

A group of Western theologians explained theology in front of a zen master in Japan. After finished explaining, then they asked the theology of zen master. Surprisingly, he replied : “we do not have theology, we simply dance with each cosmic dancing of this moment”.

The Failure to Dance

Too much suffering in this world is caused by the failure to join the cosmic dancing of this moment. The poor want to be rich, the rich want to be happy.  The parents whose children are still young want their children to grow up, father whose son like to draw dreaming that the son should be good at math. The point is only one, suffering people are dissatisfied to their life then refuse to join the dancing of this moment.

Tension, stress, and even pain can be the fruit of life then. Small percentage of people even did dangerous mistakes by means of drugs, free sex and suicide. The hallmark of the friends who went through this dangerous path is simple, life is dancing (by which read: flowing) but they refused to dance. The situation is similar to the frozen snow in the river. Water of river keep flowing, but the snow is frozen in stiff.

Insisting that life should be in line with the criteria of the mind (fixation), attaching that life must be exactly the same as what they desire (addiction), these are the  two main characteristics of humans who fail to dance. Education, experience, success are part of the reasons behind all of this. And whatever the reason, there is no other option to get out of suffering, people should learn to dance.

Learn to Dance

Deeper than just education, experience, success, the thing which is responsible behind the failure to dance is unconscious mind. All do not want be angry, but more than a half of people are grumpy. All do not like any bad mood, but boredom, worry, fear come again and again. This is how the unconscious mind reminds that it is there.

Ordinary people usually run away from the signs of unconsciousness. That’s why the unconscious come again and again. Sigmund Freud said that the unconscious is the accumulation of the unexpressed feelings, especially the unexpressed feeling in the ages of zero till ten years. Carl G. Jung was deeper, through the concept of archetypes, Jung shared that life is like a perfect circle (mandala).

While Freud suggested that these unexpressed emotions should be expressed in a healthy way through writing a diary, dialogue with friendly friends, deepen understanding of one’s life, Jung is closer to the approach of flowing or dancing together with today’s cosmic dancing.  In the language of mythological expert Joseph Campbell, Freud’s approach was more autobiographical, Jung’s suggestion was more biological.

The Dancing of Smile

To be honest, Freud and Jung were complementing each others. And on the path of meditation – especially at the perfection stage, not at the developmental stage – whatever the blessings of this moment, it is only recommended turning in the same circle: “accept, flow, smile”. Especially because all movement of life are the dancing of the same perfection.

People in Melanesian islands called it mana, the Hindus called it sakti, in the more universal language it is called energy.  And as noted neatly in physics, energy does not increase or decrease. Success, praise do not increase energy. Failure, blame do not decrease energy. What remains then only the dancing of smile. Smile which indicating that everything just flow and dance in accordance with their natural law.

Once a master arrives here, life is not flat and boring. As mountain which is naturally green, ocean that is naturally blue, masters who arrived here are naturally full of compassion. In the language of Nelson Mandela: “they may take anything from me, but I will not let them to take my kind heart”. In the terminology of a zen master, one who has danced with the cosmic dancing of this moment, he/she is like white bird in the snow. Provides hands to help in the crowd,  but very little of the ordinary people who recognize him/her.