The Essence of Practice

"The essence of our practice is letting the ego-self fall away, melt down. It is the practice of forgetting the self. As we become less self-conscious, we become more open and more warmly present, and what we discover as this melting down takes place is that what we really are is the pure, clear, lighted mind itself – nothing else. So the aimless aim, the goalless goal of our Zazen (sitting in unification) practice is to conduct our lives from the clear, lighted mind, this always just–beginning mind."

Maurine Stuart, Zenji Dai Osho
Excerpt | Subtle Sound"