This week I'd like to share two quotes, one from Zen, and the other from Islam. The quotes are about "true seeing" which is the fruit of ernest meditation practice.
Is it not all this "me-ing" and "mine-ing" that is at the root of our mis-perception and suffering? That things, ideas, and feelings are "ours" is just not so … to quickly validate this, just ask (during mediation): "who is it that is: thinking, feeling,and experiencing?". You will easily see the absolute nothingness of the self image.
"Know that fundamentally you do not lack unsurpassed enlightenment; you are replete with it continuously. But you may not realize it and may be in the habit of arousing discriminatory views and regarding them as real." (Dogen)
"To God belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth, and all matters are controlled by God." (Quran 3:109)
peace on you,
bob
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