Quote

[kayre]

"We tend to feel that the further along the spiritual path we go, the closer we will come to some kind of pure, true self. But we don't want to accept that the other confused and seemingly impure part of us is also the true self."

Instructions to the Cook, Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields

Comments

[sine_nomine]

clearly a book I need to read! Thanks for sharing the quote.

[amaebi]

As you know, I'm so not into purity, except in well-specified contexts such as Water.

Tell more about the book? I like the title.

[kayre]

It's a basic book on zen practice, written by someone whose zen Buddhism led him into social justice work. I suspect the zen part is one of those things that's great if you're in the right spot, and not otherwise; but I'm finding his social justice work fascinating.

[amaebi]

I'll have to have a look.