![]() ![]() Robin Trimingham is the chief operating officer of The Olderhood Group Ltd and a virtual presenter, journalist, podcaster and thought leader in the fields of life transition and change management. Which begs the question … in any disagreement what do you actually react to more, the voice of your opponent or the one in your head? Would you hear yourself as others hear you and see the solution to the disagreement, or would you merely hear the sound of your ego buzzing in your ear as you endlessly swatted the air? Would you hear the hum of your refrigerator, or the bird in the street, or the neighbour on his porch?Īnd if you eventually ran out of external sounds to identify and finally looked beyond the noises that they make – what then would you hear? Perhaps at first, but what would happen if you continued to sit? Or would you settle down in a quiet place and attempt to hear that which you have refused to hear before?Īnd if you did choose this last and somewhat unlikely course of action, what do you suppose would happen next? ![]() Would you scoff in frustration and turn the page? If all you apply is logic and you are very clever, eventually you may realise that one hand can in fact make a sound if you use it to pat yourself on the back.īut in the context of this discussion, will patting yourself on the back ever help you solve a disagreement and, more importantly, is this the answer that the Zen master is seeking? If the Zen master insists that there is in fact a sound and that you the student must describe it, how will you respond?Īnd, if there actually is a sound, how can you hear it?Ĭlose your eyes and visualise this for a minute. Two hands can create sound, not one hand. A sound can come only with conflict, with two things clashing. Zen masters say to their disciples, Go and find out that sound which comes out of only one hand: the clapping of one hand, not with anything else. On the surface, it pushes air but makes no sound end of discussion. We can create a sound by clapping two hands. ![]() Robin Trimingham suggests we all listen to the sound of one hand clapping ![]()
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