Three Quotes and The Ego

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THE EGO











POSTURE “These forms are not the means of obtaining the right state of mind. To take this posture is itself to have the right state of mind. There is no need to obtain some special state of mind.”
In the practice of zazen we sit in what is called the full lotus position, that is the left foot resting on the right thigh, and the right foot resting on the left thigh. We have a right leg and a left leg but when in the lotus position, according to zazen, they have become one. Neither two or one, this position expresses the oneness of duality. So it is with our mind and body, and so it is with life experience; they are not one nor are they two, the are both singular and plural at the same time. This is the most important teaching: not two, and not one.1
Our physical body will die, but it is not the end of our life. There is a belief that the soul and mind live forever, but this is not true either because our mind and body ...