All shall

be well,

and all shall

be well,

and all manner

of thing

shall be well.

julian of norwich - 14th century - mystic

Dilige et quod vis fac

St. Augustine of Hippo

(Love, and do what you will)

When Kishizawa Ian, Suzuki Roshi's second teacher, was a young monk, he was sitting in meditation on a rainy day and heard the sound of a distant waterfall. Then the wooden han was struck. He went to his teacher (maybe Oka Sotan) and asked, "What is the place where the sound of the rain, the waterfall, and the han meet?"His teacher replied, "True eternity still flows."And then he asked, "What is this true eternity that still flows?""It is like a bright mirror, permanently smooth," said his teacher."Is there anything beyond this?" asked the young monk."Yes," responded his teacher."What is beyond this?" inquired the young monk.And his teacher replied, "Break the mirror. Come, and I'll meet you."

"It's like you got yesterday, today, and tomorrow in the same room. There's no telling what can happen."

- I'm Not There (2007)

If you fall because of the ground, you rise always because of the sky, and it is altogether impossible to rise apart from the sky; if you fall because of the sky, you rise always because of the ground, and it is altogether impossible to arise apart from the ground.- Dogen

Si comprehendis, non est Deus



(If you can grasp it, it’s not God.)