The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here (pointing to himself) and you are out there.

The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.

Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience.

The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.

When can our brain's innate objectivity begin to flourish? Only when our inappropriate Self-centered subjectivity begins to dissolve.

Chance favors those in motion.

Emotions are not 'bad.' At the roots of our emotions are primal energies which can be put to fruitful use. Indeed...the energies of enlightenment arises from the very same natural origins as those which give rise to our everyday passions and emotions.