If you wish
to enjoy the fruits
of enlightenment, abandon
regard for the conventional and
the communal. The Way is a path
for one. Then it narrows
until there’s not even
space for you
anymore.
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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.
Remain steady
and allow the world
to shape itself.
Receiving
this hexagram is an
encouragement to endure, to move
ahead by abiding in what is true and correct.
It is not a time to let the ego swell with successes
nor to despair at misfortunes. It is
simply a time to hold to the
path of essential
truth.
It is
likely that a
change has occurred,
or is about to. It is your responsibility
to hold your course and go on without regarding
this change. Constancy in correct thought and action
is the order of the day. Rather than letting your
head be turned, simply hold steady
on your spiritual path while
the world reforms
around
you.
Do not
indulge in judgment,
impatience, or ambitious thinking
now. By concerning yourself only with what
is essential and true and good, only with what
is in front of you and your correct
relationship to it, you meet
with good fortune
now.
The I Ching, or Book of Changes
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There is a true buddha
in family life; there is a real tao
in everyday activities. If people can
be sincere and harmonious, promoting
communication with a cheerful demeanor
and friendly words, that is much better
than formal meditation
practice.
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
