The body/mind realizes that it is not separate from the entire field of all being. This realization, if conceptualized, can be stated, "I am THIS." Once the illusion of selfhood falls away, THIS continues being what it is, and doing what it does, which it what it was doing all along, though not previously realized.
The question gets "answered" through the body, just like all other existential questions/koans. If someone asks a Zen Master, "Who are you?" the ZM will not say that the question is meaningless; she will instantly respond to the question either through speech (not an explanation) or a physical action. Her "answer" can either be straight forward, or it may be stated in such a way that it challenges the questioner's understanding of the same issue.
Body/minds that wake up from the illusion of selfhood know (in an embodied way) who/what they are. It is as if all of the filters and misconceptions fall away, and the truth stands revealed. Such an event usually ends all questions about what's going on.
The question gets "answered" through the body, just like all other existential questions/koans. If someone asks a Zen Master, "Who are you?" the ZM will not say that the question is meaningless; she will instantly respond to the question either through speech (not an explanation) or a physical action. Her "answer" can either be straight forward, or it may be stated in such a way that it challenges the questioner's understanding of the same issue.
Body/minds that wake up from the illusion of selfhood know (in an embodied way) who/what they are. It is as if all of the filters and misconceptions fall away, and the truth stands revealed. Such an event usually ends all questions about what's going on.
