"I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity, etc."

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Source : Janwillem van de Wetering (2014). “The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery”, p.131, St. Martin's Griffin

Janwillem van de Wetering

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“Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.”

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