Make a mind to do for others. In this new year, we should be devoted to our jobs first and we should be in good harmony with our neighbors . Last we should try to live simply. Then we can make paradise in this wold. Zen means not making defilement and concentration means sitting and insight to true nature.
True nature is no mind.
So it is said that someone gets deliverance of mind with Samatha. Being free from defilements means cutting off all his greed, hatred, and ignorance from his consciousness. I exsit before thinking. It is very precious to try to find our true selves even within a blink of the eye, because we are human. No matter how he is rich or respected, his life is not always consentful and happy.