Question
Sensei, is it normal to feel sad and lonely while on the Way? I often feel separate from everything else because of great inner confusion and fears that disturb me and pull me away from the present moment... Sometimes I feel I am going crazy...
Thank you for your answer.
lukitas2013
Answer from Master Kosen
It is better to think you are crazy. Everyone thinks they are normal, whereas most people are at least a little crazy, if not completely crazy. If you think you are a little crazy, you are on the road to recovery.
The whole world is under pressure; the threats are great; all we hear about is crisis. It makes us feel deeply insecure. In reality, the whole world is completely crazy. Large companies like Total pay no taxes and want to involve us in a war against Syria, which we, the middle classes, will have to finance through ever-heavier taxes, becoming accomplices to murder for the profit of multibillionaires without any scruples. It is madness.
Yes, we are crazy. Even Zen masters like me are completely crazy, and what can we say about Zen masters who think they are the standard of normality and reek of satori?
Kosen