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SEEKERS'
SHIMUHENGâ„
The Soshimsa Zen Center Ten Stage Recovery Journey
The Ten-stage Journey
From seeking to service.
1
In search of the Bull.
The journey begins with the willingness to seek.
SEEKER
2
TRACKER
Discovering the Footprints.
Learning to recognize the
3
SEER
Perceiving the Bull.
For the first time,
the Bull is clearly seen.
4
WRANGLER
Catching the Bull.
Meeting the untamed mind
and refusing to surrender.
5
TAMER
Taming the Bull.
Through steady practice,
the mind learns a new way.
6
RIDER
Riding the Bull Home.
Practitioner and the mind
begin to move together.
TRANSCENDER
7
The Bull Transcended.
The Bull knows the
way home.
EQUALIZER
8
The Bull and Self Transcended.
Beyond judgement,
we meet things as they are.
WAKEFUL
9
Reaching the Source.
Free from extremes,
one rests in a wakeful ease.
RETURNER
10
Return to Society.
Returning to the world,
practice becomes service.
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