Realization is just the realization that you're not separate from your life, that that's all it is. So they can put it in grandeur words, you know, grander, esoteric words. But that's simply what it is. You realize that you are not separate from life. And when you realize you're not separate from life, your way of embracing life changes. What's happening through Shikantaza and what's happening through pure Zen practice is before we started we're just clinging to the known, the memory of the known, the words of the known.
When you practice Shikantaza, you're stepping into the unknown. That's what's occurring and because you don't know what the next moment brings, but if you step into the unknown, then life is vibrant. It's more joyful, it's more vibrant. It's kind of like it's an experience of discovery every day, but if you stuck in the known it becomes somewhat boring, even, you know, if not superficially safe.
The Stubborn "I" October 2, 2020 talk by Geoff Dawson, Ordinary Mind School of Sydney
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