If you’re just starting the book or have completed it and followed up with the workbook, you can discuss the book with other readers. Share your comments, questions, and insights with other interested readers to stimulate shifting your awareness away from the ego or self. Join or start a group to discuss topics and see where it goes!

Did you relate to any of the characters in the book? What paradox stood out in your mind? Share what you felt while reading the story ofMaster Nomi talking about the Ten Paradoxes. Are you waiting for the sequel?Talk about where you think the story may go next, in the continuation titled, Where’sOur Zen?

Zen masters used theirproverbial koans to stop the students from using reasoning to try to determineand understand enlightenment. We understand what the great masters meant whenthey said that the Iill (ego), intellect, and logic cannot comprehend norexperience No Mind. Describe your experience of the insights to others and seeif they related to your understanding of these insights.