Think with the whole body.

If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether it is really and truly composed of H-2-O, or even mineral water, or saki. Meditation is Drinking it!

Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.

From your first day at school you are cut off from life to make theories.

We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.

Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.

The body moves naturally, automatically, without any personal intervention or awareness. If we think too much, our actions become slow and hesitant.