Time spent carving eggs provides a superb opportunity to "sit" in Zen meditation. Others speak of posture, etiquette and so forth when they discuss sitting meditation, but he attains Zen samadhi while working on his creations. This is reminiscent of what the Fifth Zen Patriarch, Bodhidharma, said: "Outside, each and every connection is cut off. Inside, not a whisper in your heart.
喜歡禪學的關椿邁認為，行、住、坐、臥間無一不是禪，雕蛋時刻也就是最好的坐禪時機；別人坐禪講究姿態、儀式，他卻在創作中得到禪定，就像禪宗達摩祖師所示「外絕諸緣，內心無喘，心如牆壁，可以入道」。