Zen, The Temple and an unscripted Convo on the N Train

Today I returned to the Shaolin Temple to Train. Blood sweat and tears as usual, there's nothing like pushing yourself to the limit and surviving. I trained for an hour and a 1/2 on nothing but 2 bananas and an apple, talk about risilience and shear will power. After class I hopped back on the train home, pulled out my book on Zen buddhism. I actually started reading it today. Uncanny.. because, the author uses a 25 year old as an example in one of his chapters, I've had the book for years and just started to read to it now that I'm.... 25..Coincidence? IDTS LOL.. A fine young starlet sat next to me on the train at some point, for some reason I was compelled to share what I was reading with her, so I did, we had a brief philosophical conversation which turned out be enlightening for the both of us. Earlier that day, I decided to share some wisdom I had picked up from the book like a cherry from a tree, I shared it with one of my peers at the Temple. I stated, according to Zen buddhism Enlightenment is not something that is present, but rather, it is the absense of something, for instance, if you are sad, enlightenment would be the absense of sadness, as opposed to the presence of happiness, because every moment is a lucid shift of perceptions and feelings....So happiness could elude you in that moment. So as opposed to embracing the happiness, embrace the moment, regardless of the feeling, because every moment is enlightenment, regardless of what is present or absent...accept the moment....It's been raining all day, but thats okay, the sun will shine soon..