Miracles of Each Moment: Enso Contemplation

This short guided meditation invites contemplation of Kazuaki Tanahashi's blue enso painting titled "Miracles of Each Moment" (2024). The meditation follows a natural arc—beginning with detailed guidance that helps establish presence and observation of the artwork's features, gradually becoming more minimal as it progresses into deeper states of awareness, and finally returning to fuller guidance during the closing transition.

At its center, the meditation incorporates Zen Master Dogen's profound poem on time and presence from his "Uji" (Being-Time) discourse:

"Each moment is all being,
Each moment is the entire world.
Reflect now whether any being or any world
Is left out of the present moment."

The practice creates space for both careful observation of the enso's physical qualities—its varying shades of blue, the confident yet delicate brushstroke, the meaningful empty space—and for the meditator's own internal responses to emerge. Through this contemplation, participants are invited to experience the intersection between artistic expression, philosophical insight, and direct awareness.

This script was generated by Claude 3.7 as a companion to Tanahashi's artwork.

You can find this and other paintings at Tanahashi personal website.