Navel Engagement

Navel EngagementAmong the Ancient mysteries of Zen which today's beat Buddhists are rediscovering is the contemplation of one's navel. But even the beatest of the beat have not yet formulated the precise nature of the enlightenment which is deemed to ensue on this downward dwelling.Artist Arnold Roth suggests that the secret lies not in the navel itself but in the way the contemplator contemplates, that the physical approach to the navel reveals the true inner self of the approacher. At any rate...