The Debts We Make

We live in a world where it seems impossible to avoid creating debt. We do it with each other all the time. Sometimes we act in such a way that it might only cost us a penny or nickel. In our other less proud moments we run up debts with each other that seems closer to a couple hundred dollars. And then... there are those terrible debts that get created that feel as though they can never be paid off. Theses are the debts that we may feel run in the millions. Sometimes we can feel as though we are enslaved to these debts.

I have the notion that suggests that perhaps these debt are NOT so real or large as we may think. They are sometimes (many times) illusions projected both inward and outward by our mind (a very small mind indeed). These projections can cause us to assume more responsibility and debt than is really ours to carry. I often refer to this as "interest."

So how can we come to understand what our so-called "debt" is? Zazen, zazen, zazen. Sit and you will find out. Zazen is not just an "opportunity" to see our life as it so-called "truly" is, but rather experiencing our life as it "genuinely" is. No gaps, No separation. Just This.

May Your Life Go Well,

Jaye Morris, Curator
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