Examine your mind to see it as not being inside, not being outside, and not being in between.
Observe it calmly, carefully, and objectively; when you master this, you will clearly see that the mind’s consciousness moves in a flow, like a current of water, like heat waves rising endlessly.
– Hongren (602-675)
Water Under Water – The Thrill
“The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.”
– H. G. Wells
To return to your original state of being,
You must become a master of stillness.
Turn the mind in upon itself
And contemplate the inner radiance.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
– Sir Walter Scott.