Jimmy said: When I first started reading about Zen living it seemed pretty naive to me as well. But I've come to find that it really has become a great source of inner peace to me.
As I am sure you now understand, Dear JimmyPage, it is not naive at all, nor is it particularly easy.
It takes practice to shush the ego... it has fought long and hard to exist. Shushing the ego (quieting the mind) brings a lovely peace that is very difficult (if not impossible) to describe to those who have not experienced it.