Oh, I See Your Problem

Posted On Sep 3 2008 by

“Oh, I see your problem,” Zen Master says, “The trouble you have is that you think you have time.”  Woof! Who’s the “you” Zen Master addresses?  To which “you” does the master refer?  It’s not your Buddha mind, now, is it? It’s not the wise inner sage.  It’s your personality, your ego identity, your ego mind. Your ego has a couple of jobs, at least. One: Always be right.  Justify if you need.  Be delusional if you need.   Be right by being wrong if you need.  Just be right. Two: Keep the knowledge of your certain mortality at bay. I …