What does ‘The true-Self is difficult to discern because it is neither sound nor form’ mean? – Zen Fools

It is true that the true-Self is neither sound nor form; it is so subtle that it is difficult to discern.

However, it doesn’t mean that the true-Self is separate from sound and form. All sounds and forms are just the functions of the true-Self, just as all waves are the functions of the sea. A wave cannot be said to be the sea, but all waves are part of the sea. We should be able to see forms and the true-Self at the same time like seeing waves and the sea.

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