First,
One of the questions frequently asked is, Why does it take so long to come to awakening? The answer is very simple: we want something else more than we want awakening.And,
In Zen practice a first crucial point is reached when we realize that no experience of any kind is going to give the kind of satisfaction that we crave so deeply.I wish I hadn't passed up the opportunity to study with Roshi Low when I first encountered Zen.
