Someone asked to a Zen monk:

What's the meaning of Zen?

The Zen monk replied:

Oh, that's easy: no self, no problem.

That's it :)

-Eckhart Tolle

 

1. Promise nothing. Just do what you most enjoy doing.

2. Sign nothing. Just do what doesn't require a signature of any kind.

3. Offer nothing. Just share what you have with those who express an interest.

4. Expect nothing. Just enjoy what you already have; it's plenty.

5. Need nothing. Just build up your reserves and your needs will disappear.

6. Create nothing. Just respond well to what comes to you.

7. Seduce no one. Just enjoy them.

8. Adrenalize nothing. Just add value and get excited about that.

9. Hype nothing. Just let quality sell by itself.

10. Fix nothing. Just heal yourself.

11. Plan nothing. Just take the path of least resistance.

12. Learn nothing. Just let your body absorb it all on your behalf.

13. Become no one. Just be more of yourself.

14. Change nothing. Just tell the truth and things will change by themselves.

And thanks, Tad Hargrave

: )

Zen is a tool, not an identity.

Beware the danger of identification to any belief system, the ego loves it.

Is this affirmation not a lack of respect, towards Zen itself? No, I think it's not.

If you can't joke and laugh about Zen … than it's not Zen at all! : )

So my best appreciations come for something that is not pretending a "forced respect", something that loves you openly and unconditionally even if you laugh at it.

In Alchemy this is described as the "Law of the Mirror": 
only giving unconditional love you will receive unconditional love.

This concept is widely know also as the Karma.

And this indeed is generating the higher form of respect, something very powerful:

having the ultimate respect without pretending respect

described in the Tao Te Ching as "Wu Wei" or "acting without acting".