I seriously doubt a little session of Zen meditation is going to turn you into a jackbooted thug.
Agreed.
Zen is clearly neither American nor Christian, so then the question is what will it do, who is promoting it among our military and why?
“Many tens of millions of other Americans know these techniques already. “
Never tried them. Do they work?
> I seriously doubt a little session of Zen meditation is going to turn you into a jackbooted thug.
It sounds to me more like “Bushido” (the Way of the Warrior) done once-over-lightly, rather than “Zen”.
If it is “Bushido” then it would be highly beneficial — however, it’s not the sort of thing that can be learned in a few sessions. It is the culmination of key learnings from the whole range of the Japanese Martial Arts syllabus, and it is a lifetime study.
As presented, this new program sounds like a gimmicky wank.