Try breaking up an inner city gang fight by telling them to let their concrete beliefs dissolve in persistent self and consciousness. My point is that this zen

Try breaking up an inner city gang fight by telling them to let their concrete beliefs dissolve in persistent self and consciousness. My point is that this zen buddhism stuff is mainly the luxury of the elite few. Others have to grapple with the practicalities of daily survival, group membership, and hope for the future. Out of such things come the hard forged religious and political systems.