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No matter what, no matter what
When I come in contact with Zen and Buddhist words, they often give me an opportunity to reevaluate my current state. I would like to introduce them to you a little at a time.
First of all, I would like to introduce “無可不無可” (neither possible nor impossible), which was written at the beginning of the book “Zen-like Life” written by Gen’yu Munehisa (Chikuma Shinsho). In Japanese, this phrase is used to mean “not particularly good, but not particularly bad either.
In the Zen world, it means “what you should or should not do, or what is OK and what is not OK. In the Zen world, however, it is interpreted as, “Your potential, which is expressed through various connections, is truly unlimited, and to judge whether you can or cannot do something before you have tried it is to underestimate your potential.
From this perspective, for example, when we think that we are tired and want to go to bed early, we can not only think that we are tired, but we can also think that we should consciously try to do it, because it will significantly replenish the oxygen in our brain, relax us, and make us feel good both physically and mentally. In Zen, the mind and body are connected.
In Zen, we see these things from the perspective of the mind and body, and in zazen and other recent approaches, we move in the direction of mindfulness. This story shows that no matter how uncontrollable a situation may seem, the possibilities are infinite, and if we think about it without stopping to think, we can find a way to control it in some way. The above words really mean that we can control the situation.
The above words may not sink in if you hear them when you are really in desperate straits and have no time to spare, but if you read them and let them sink into your mind when you are calm, they will be very effective.
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