Feb 21, 2009
Jay Rinsen Weik gives a talk and leads discussion at the Toledo Zen
Center on July 16, 2008.
"Mostly, our mind remains fixed in what's called a dualistic
state...which means being trapped, unawaredly in a way of
perceiving the universe such that everything is shattered, separate
and distinct... In the practice of Zen, there is uncovered another
way of perceiving, a way that's not bound by the traps of this and
that, or the distinctions of high and low... You have to be willing
to drop your images of what God is to be able to really see God's
face. As long as you have an image in your mind, your mental
construction of what you think that's supposed to be, there's a
block. There's a stage at which having an image can be a useful
thing. There's a stage at which it becomes a problem and
needs to be transcended."
For more information about the Toledo Zen Center, please visit
toledozen.org. The Toledo
Zen Center is a member of the Hermitage Heart Sangha, online at
hermitageheart.org.