Found these words of wisdom in an article by John Daido Loori:
Although water is inherently empty, it flows up and it flows down. It rises to the sky and rains down on earth. Water becomes dew, ice and snow. It flows and it's still. It breaks and it melts. Water becomes rivers and streams, lakes and oceans. Water is all of these things, yet it is not any of these things. It is inconceivable.
It is also inconceivable that you and I are the same thing, yet I'm not you and you're not me. It's inconceivable, because our minds are dualistic. We only understand something to be one thing and not another. But life doesn't work that way. We need to learn to use our minds differently. Or rather, we need to relearn what we have forgotten after years and years of conditioning. That is the only way that we will be able to see the wonder that surrounds us.
Daido Roshi was the founder of Zen Mountain Monastery and author of many books on Zen, creativity and photography. He passed away last year and is most certainly missed.
