Being moved around by these things always leaves us confused and unsettled. Hui Neng says “Abiding nowhere, wisdom mind arises.” The Zen Center of Las Vegas never proselytizes or teaches something that has to be “believed in” or intellectualized. The Buddha taught that all phenomena, circumstances, and yes, even cherished beliefs, are fundamentally empty of any lasting value. Even as you read this, thousands of cells in your body have died and thousands have been born. Human beings are process and not entity – Quantum Physics. Realizing this truth is liberating and brings with it great freedom. No longer tethered by philosophy or religion, we realize without dogma a moral and ethical imperative that is unparalleled. The elements that revolve within Zen are the same factors present in martial arts discipline. Said another way, there is no distinction between spirit and matter. As the Heart Sutra instructs, “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.”