Your
spiritual light
can be compressed into
a pinpoint, or it can flood and
wash the known and unknown universe.
The principal task of a master is to respect
the oneness of her spiritual light with
all spiritual light and to care for
it accordingly.
Where is
the best place to do this?
In quiet simplicity.
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By seeing
all the way through
things we are able to perceive
the perfection of existence. The
foreground of mind is noisy chatter,
but by simply watching that with
discipline and perseverance, we
see it quiet. In its place arises
a vast, silent, illuminated
emptiness.
So
also with life.
The foreground is rife
with suffering and difficulty,
but by doing non-doing and
quietly observing, we
become aware of
its purity.
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The essential requirement
in studying zen is concentrated focus.
You don’t engage in any forced actions: you just keep
to the fundamental. Right where you stand, you must pass
through to freedom. You must see the original face and walk through
the scenery of the fundamental ground. You do not change your
ordinary actions, yet outside and inside are One Suchness.
You act according to the natural flow and do not set
up anything as particularly special —
you are no different from
an ordinary person.
This is called
being a wayfarer who is free
and at peace, beyond learning, free
from contrived actions. Being in this stage,
you do not reveal any traces of mind — there
is no road for the gods to offer you flowers,
and no way for demons and outsiders
to spy on you. This at last is
simple unadorned
reality.
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Arriving at the correct solution to a difficult situation requires a receptivity to inner truth. Unless we are willing to put aside the strong emotions of our egos and devote ourselves to discovering what is right, there can be no hope of progress at this time. Help only comes when we invite it with a sincere and innocent attitude.
The I Ching teaches a simple but effective method of influencing difficult people and arduous situations. It advises us first to lay aside our prejudices – our feelings of being wounded, angry, or in the right – and second to seek to understand the positions of others and the lesson that the Sage is teaching us with the situation. Even when another is truly out of line, it is only be accepting this and remaining balanced that you make it possible for positive change to occur. Gentleness and understanding create in others an unconscious willingness to be led.
The superior person therefore avoids the use of anger and force in trying times, knowing that they only prolong conflict. It is far wiser to accept that each experience we have is necessary for us to learn something about ourselves and about the higher laws of life. The greatest openings come when we meet difficulty with acceptance, gentleness, and a desire to understand the lesson underneath.
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 61, Chung Fu / Inner Truth
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