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There is a Zen koan that goes something like this:  Two students are watching a flag fluttering in the breeze and arguing about it.  One says the it’s the flag moving, the other says that it’s the wind moving.  A master strolls past and says neither.  “Your mind is moving.”

From what I understand, Zen is all about mindfulness, that is not moving around “on automatic” the way most people do, but really be aware of yourself at all times.  As with a lot of philosophy, it’s not so much a case of “what is really happening” as being a useful way to think of it.