could it require practice or enlightenment?
The essential teaching is fully available;
how could effort be necessary?
Furthermore, the entire mirror is free of dust;
why take steps to polish it?
Nothing is separate from this very place;
why journey away?
Dogen Kigen 1227
Watch out for teachers and seekers who are serene on the outside yet either dead or easily triggered on the inside. There are many. They don’t get that the spiritual theories are mind concepts. Reality is right in front of us. You don’t need a teacher to explain it to you, or to tell you how you should feel.
I once met an American German language student who always replied to ‘Gruess Gott’ (God’s greetings), ‘I will, when I see Him.’ That’s a nice response. We spiritual folks are not an iota more special than anyone else. Everyone has unfiltered access to reality. We can all see God right in front of us.
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