Are these two not supposed to be basically the same?

Question

I feel more of the Natural-ness of Lau Tzu's Tao than the Enlightenment of Zen what does this mean?

Answer 1

Eastern mystical philosophy is difficult for the Western mind to grasp. I don't even try. The world that Aristotle and Plato gave us is the world I live in. And Westerners and Easterners can communicate--I mean look at the "communication" China did at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies! Wonderful.

So I just stick to Western philo unless something specific comes up that I need to understand.

Answer 2

Probably the person who wrote that is less into the philosophy of spirituality than they are into just being.

Its not a great quote. This person probably thinks that enlightenment is a philosophy, or something that a person knows. It seems to me that enlightenment is giving up on spiritual ambitions, through practice.

Or

Maybe I am completely wrong.

Answer 3

Well they are supposed to be the same!