Help On The Way

The following is a communication from an old student of mine, who has been studying Zen abroad for the past year or two; his assistance is timely and helpful, and i publish IT here in hopes that IT may assist others as well....

Let things achieve harmony on their own, according to their natural traits. By interfering, even in the name of "improvement", well-intentioned efforts may actually remove a phenomenon from its natural course - and ultimately cause harm. When the mind is overworked without stop, it becomes worried, and worry causes exhaustion. The existent is begotten of the non-existent. So we have the statement "what is" comes from that "which is not"; "form" comes from the "formless"; the "material" comes from the "immaterial". It is something in this way that we can find the true meaning of wu wei. It is not negative, but something positive.

It is difficult to know when to be still and when to make decisions. The best course of action no matter what, is to just not be picky or choosy. Trust in the effect of selflessness and detachment. Stop and see. There are two ways that I refer to when I say stop. One is to stop during action when needs have been met. The other is to refrain from moving away from the current moment in hurry or haste because of desire. There is a time to move on, and a time to be still. A time to take action, and a time to stop action.

IT always is known. YOU have always known IT. Our reason forgets IT. Reasoning is not necessary. We are afraid of trusting. Trusting each other, trusting the world, trusting animals even. Trust is when you give up selfishness. IT doesn't matter what happens. IT is all synchronized, all connected. You helped me when I was in school. I didn't even understand really why I was interested in IT back then. The Buddha proclaimed that the first thing he realized when he became enlightened is that everyone else is of Buddha nature/Christ consciousness as well, but we insist on our desires. We ignorantly run from pain, chasing pleasure in its stead. Renounce both and bliss remains, because IT is able to be seemingly perfectly spontaneous. We call it spontaneous because we are not consciously deciding to do it.