Podcast by Alexis karpouzos br Zen Buddhism and Western Philosophy—two paths, yet one Truth. One rooted in the silence of the mind, the other in the vastness of thought. Both search for the same essence, but one remains still, while the other moves, explores, questions.br br Zen does not speak in words; it is the art of direct experience, of being here, now, in this very moment, beyond all concepts. It teaches us to see directly into the nature of things, without the filter of language, without the veil of thought.br br Western Philosophy, on the other hand, has journeyed through the labyrinth of logic and reason, seeking to unravel the mysteries of existence with the tools of the mind. From Heraclitus to Hegel, from Plato to Nietzsche, it has been a path of inquiry, a dialogue with the unknown.br br Yet, in this dialogue, something extraordinary happens: they converge. Zen and Philosophy—two seemingly different ways—lead us to the same place. A place where thought dissolves, where self disappears, and where the infinite reveals itself in its purest form.br br This is where my own philosophy enters: the understanding that all things are interconnected, that the boundaries between self and other, East and West, mind and matter, are but illusions. In the unity of existence, there is no separation—there is only the eternal, indivisible Whole. The journey is not to acquire knowledge, but to remember what we already are: pure awareness, free from the confines of the ego and the distinctions of thought.br br Let us, together, explore this meeting. Let us listen to the silence that speaks, and to the mind that is still, and awaken to the realization that there is no East, no West, no self—only the eternal presence of Being. Here, in this moment, there is no difference between the one who asks and the truth that answers. They are one, as all things are one.