#Zen - to me - is being able to transport yourself, spiritually, to peaceful inner calms - despite whatever chaos you're surrounded by. Zen accepts hard realities & doesn't ignore it. Zen recognizes the chaos in world/society & offers a personal option for self soothing & understanding that everyone needs resting periods.

Zen, I believe, requires that we choose to starve our ego needs & redirect energies to self feeding ourselves spiritual goodness - which requires zero organized religions.