We’ve all got our guiding lights, but it’s the place the Zen teacher’s action comes from that marks the living absence of a substantial self, that would be what has drawn me to Zen from the beginning. I’m currently convinced this place is where my awareness is right at the moment, although I might not be the best example to ...
Shift or Flow?
I wrote:
When the impact of consciousness opens the ability to feel, and what is felt enters into the place of occurrence of consciousness, then the mind remains waking up or falling asleep even as the place of occurrence of consciousness shifts.
A friend writes, “It’s the shift part that in my understanding is more flow than what shift ...
“Written on a Match Box, It Would Be?”
On a match box: “Strike Anywhere”.
Kobun’s literal translation of the elements in the word shikantaza strings together as: “pure hit sit”.
Here’s one from “Zen Letters, Teachings of Yuanwu”:
If you want to pass through easily and directly right now, just let your body and mind ...