Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.
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As quoted in Zen to Go (1989) by Jon Winokur, p. 126Taisen Deshimaru
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I recall an endless desert of infinite and flaming matter. I am burning! I pass through immeasurable, unorganized time, completely done, despairing, crying in the wilderness.
And slowly the flame subsides, the womb of matter grows cool, the stone comes alive, breaks open, and a small green leaf uncurls into the air, trembling. It clutches the soil, steadies itself, raises its head and hands, grasps the air, the water, the light, and sucks at the Universe.Nikos Kazantzakis
“I only feel close to you when I‘m under open sky, I only feel guided when I’m free to question why.”
Dawud Wharnsby
You neglect and belittle the desert.
The desert is not remote in southern tropics
The desert is not only around the corner,
The desert is squeezed in the tube-train next to you,
The desert is in the heart of your brother.Thomas Stearns (T. S.) Eliot
Don't think about what you've left behind, the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. "Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever."
Paulo Coelho
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