It is said that the true-Self is revealed — why, then, can’t we see it? – Zen Fools

It is not because it is unseen but because we can’t recognise it whilst seeing it. The true-Self is non-duality that is formless and nameless. We have divided it into countless pieces according to forms by using countless words and covered it with names, words.

We have been so addicted to forms and words that we always see the classified and named surface and fail to see the original non-duality. This is why ancient masters would say that we should not be deluded by words and see and hear things without attaching any names, or words.

©Boo Ahm

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