Shadows and Echoes

Laymen Pang is quoted as saying,

There is no I and there is no other
How can there be intimacy or estrangement?
I recommend giving up trying to get there by meditation,
But rather, directly seizing the reality at hand.

Identity is a funny thing. The story of who we are shifts and changes over time, but some parts stick around longer than others.

Asking myself right now, my fingers type: skier, father, lover of hugs, disliker of cilantro. But what is really me?

The message of the Diamond Sutra is:
Nothing is excluded from our experienced world.
From beginning to end,
It inevitably exposes our false identities.

As part of this bird path of Zen, we explore and dismantle our identity. Ultimately, we are a companion to the ten-thousand things.

Are there aspects of your identity that you find difficult to question?

When we label ourselves, what happens?

Fare you well in the world. All is like shadows and echoes. - Laymen

Submitted February 08, 2023 at 03:59AM by FingersTyping https://ift.tt/rCw7GX0