If you can really
get to see your original Mind,
you must regard it as if you were raising
an infant. In whatever you do such as walking, standing,
sitting, lying down, be aware of Mind so that everything is illuminated
by it, so that nothing of the seven consciousnesses (vijnana) soils it.
If you can keep him [the new born Mind] clear and distinct,
it is like an infant growing up becoming
equal with the father.
The purpose
and result of quietly
observing the self is to forget
the self. When the mind is seen for
what it is and fascination with
its activities dissipates,
reality, which was
always present,
appears.
It is at
this point that we
understand that nothing
is problematic and life
becomes thoroughly
enjoyable.
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The heart is the only reality.
The mind is only a transient phase.
To remain as one’s Self is to
enter the heart.
Our bodily
food changes into us,
but our spiritual food
changes us into
itself.
One morning in the zendo
as we were all silently sitting zazen,
Suzuki Roshi said, “Don’t move. Just die over
and over. Don’t anticipate. Nothing can save you
now, because this is your last moment. Not even
enlightenment will help you now, because
you have no other moments. With no
future, be true to yourself —
and don’t move.”
To Shine One Corner of the World
