With this freewrite, I think you expressed very well the zen search for self-annihilation through reiterated exercise, and the lack of sense of life. Excuse me if my words are hard, but I think Samurai ethos was both fascinating and despicable.
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Honestly I share your same skepticism. It seems to me that there's no place for love in their vision of the world. Does abandoning feelings and passions mean also to forget the good ones? No thank you. In fact more than being an empty shell I prefer to fight with my emotions but being alive. Zazen remains a useful exercise for mind-maintenance and cleansing. JMHO.