A lot of "zen" wisdom is vague and even illogical. Koans are a great (if not the great) example. They don't intend to teach you anything. Instead, they create

A lot of "zen" wisdom is vague and even illogical. Koans are a great (if not the great) example. They don't intend to teach you anything. Instead, they create doubt in your beliefs so that you can see possibilities you were previously blind to. In this instance perhaps the difference is using the "objective" as a starting point rather than a desired end result.