Newsletter of the Chogye International Zen Center of New York

[Hits floor with Zen stick.]

Can you see this? Can you hear this? If seeing and hearing are clear, then you understand your original gifts and can allow them to flow freely into the world.

[Hits floor with Zen stick.]

If seeing and hearing are not clear, then you will have to relinquish the eyes and ears, sights and sounds, image and concept of the one who sees and hears. Hanging off the edge of a cliff, let go and fall 10,000 feet in a second and vividly come to life.

[Hits floor with Zen stick.]

If you say you understand all of that, this stick will hit you. If you say you don’t understand all of that, this stick will also hit you. What can you do?

KATZ!

Six divided by six equals one.