Question
I feel really tired, and I need a space to ease my mind. And I am very afraid when I think, or…
I really need help.
Anonymous
Answer from Master Kosen
You are neither the first nor the last to feel that. In the Bible it is written:
—a place to lay one’s head.
When I encountered zazen, I said to myself: this is it.
All I can tell you is that our ego is not real, although we think it is and identify with it. We must return to our true nature, that of the observer behind our eyes and before thought: immortal, egoless, calm. Everyone has this nature within them, and finding it is no more difficult than that.
Kosen