Now we pass from the Information Age to the Age of Unknowing. True teachers are not stuffed full of facts, but empty. Past and future events are devoid of substance, the present moment also a spark of the void. Wisdom does not tangle the mind in arguments, but dissolves thought into deepening silence, hollow yet resonant. Out of that silence, the world is born. A lightning bolt and a rose petal are both blazing swords that sever the sky into One. Write your name on water. Then drop learning, gaze into the palm of your hand, behold the mother of stars.
Sumi-e ink painting: Zen Master Hakuin's self-portrait.
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