We are at the moment looking at space as something to be entered by the tremendous thrust of a rocket because that is the attitude of attacking the unknown. And that causes us not to realize that we are already on the most magnificently equipped spaceship, which could hardly be improved upon. It has got a source of temperature and energy just at the right distance from it. It's beautifully equipped with oxygen, with food supplies, with all kinds of delightful things to do while on the journey.... and it's traveling through space at a colossal speed... and it's called the planet Earth.

Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone.

I have no other self than the totality of the things of which I am aware.

Playing a violin is, after all, only scraping a cat's entrails with horsehair.

Chaos is always losing, but never defeated

The real you is not a puppet that life pushes around, the real deep down you is the whole universe.

Essentially Satori is a sudden experience, and it is often described as a "turning over" of the mind, just as a pair of scales will suddenly turn over when a sufficient amount of material has been poured into one pan to overbalance the weight in the other. Hence it is an experience which generally occurs after a long and concentrated effort to discover the meaning of Zen.