Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space By Mooji

Mooji never openly discloses the ‘Zen’ aspect of his identification or his influence, leaving one to instead trace elements from the Zen tradition within his teachings. One which jumps to mind is his aspect of resting Awareness. In Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space, there is a section in which Mooji details ‘just sitting’, described incredibly similar to the notion of ‘zazen’ (just sitting), or even furtherly comparable to the Soto school notion of shikantana, which represents ‘single-minded sitting whole-heartedly’. Mooji states that a seeker should aim to do nothing more than to realize the Self, then abide in its stillness. This teaching ascribed by Mooji is carried out in practice differently than traditional Zen traditions, but nevertheless