Are you afraid of your visions? Are you afraid of your mind? The good and the bad news,. and it is entirely up to you to decide which is it, are that ceremony is nothing but an intensified, amplified, spectacular and colourful training ground for realizing the fundamental truth you will inevitably face later in your life, again and again, in every wakeful moment, and either accept or reject – and so continue to suffer. Choose to see it as good news, because there is no escape, and so it is wiser to decide to finally accept, sooner than later, because no saviour will come :
“Nothing comes from outside your mind.
Usually we think of our mind as receiving
impressions and experiences from outside,
but that is not a true understanding of our mind.
The true understanding is
that the mind includes everything;
when you think something comes from outside,
it means only that something appears in your mind.
Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble.
You yourself make the waves in your mind.
If you leave your mind as it is,
it will become calm.”
This mind is called big mind.
— Shunryu Suzuki
( artwork done during his dieta by one of our guests, @kakinshi )