wholeheartedly being here now already complete desireless, notion-less emptiness right effort, leading to no effort totally subjective body-mind-universe big mind, and small mind, are one mind being shikantaza, being koan merging, being absorbed koan "Who am I?" koan "What is This" aware, present and inclusive each moment fresh, and new purely experiential the self selfing itself, for itself the dharma gate of joy and ease innocence of Time consciousness becoming conscious of itself |
One must disappear in the sitting don't go anywhere, just stay here being empty of oneself unstained no preferences, desires or aversions non objective, free of objects dropping off body and mind letting go of ideas, ideals non judgmental no ego, I, me or mine no hope or expectation, conscious or unconscious non-excluding, non-belonging releasing all energy, and effort not gaining, attaining, accomplishing "when we sit we are nothing, we do not even realize what we are" "not clinging to self, not even holding a perception of self" awareness resting on awareness |