One has to reach to the absolute state of awareness: that is Zen. You cannot do it every morning for a few minutes or for half an hour and then forget all about it. It has to become like your heartbeat. You have to sit in it, you have to walk in it. Yes, you have even to sleep in it.
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Rest and disengagement are also necessary.
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There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.
Zen ... does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Live more and more in the Present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.