The Biggest Obstacle For Seeing Are The Eyes.

I've been reading into mysticism lately, and i've been caught by an interest on Buddhism. I have been looking into Zen, and their teachings. I've also studied an outline of both Satori, and Kensho (taught within Zen) meaning "seeing one's nature", or finding your pupose. A flash of sudden awareness. Satori is considered the first step to enlightenment. Oh how I wish I could experience this.

To find virtue within life, looking beyond the visual, and seeing the gifts behind. It would be give living a whole new meaning. Falling in love with life itself, with nature, and one's being. With the air, the rain, sun, moon, mud, grass. Everything will be given a new priority.

But the closest i'll get to this would probably be self discovery, an unfoldment of the great within. And i probably won't be able to do that for a good few years.

Maybe i could start reading some Koans (Riddle-like rhetorical questions) and see if that helps at all.

 A thunderclap under the clear blue sky

All beings on earth open their eyes;

Everything under heaven bows together;

Mount Sumeru leaps up and dances.