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awakening
October 2009 
What is objectless meditation?
Ted Biringer
After returning from a Zen center, Julian asked, "What is objectless meditation?"
Louie Wing said, "It is meditation on an object."
Julian said, "Why do you say it is meditation on an object?"
Louie Wing said, "‘Objectless' is a conceptual construct that is only valid in contradistinction to ‘object.' Each term is dependent on the other. To posit one is to validate the other, to deny one is to deny the other. In reality, both terms are illusory. If you grasp for objects, you are clinging to the delusion of a separate self. If you grasp for the objectless, you are still clinging to the delusion of a separate self. Therefore, I say, grasp neither the notion of object nor the notion of objectless. Then you will be in accord with the true masters of all the spiritual traditions."
The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing
by Ted Biringer
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