...selfhood disappears, and awareness plunges into a numinous void. The world springs to life in the most intimate and vivid way, and only pure awareness remains. Joy bubbles up spontaneously, and not-knowingness pervades everything. Nothing makes any sense at all, and that is the funniest thing in the world. Nothing else on earth feels that good or remotely compares to it.
In one book (I think it was "A Glimpse of Nothingness") a student describes an experience where he went for a Zen interview. As he came into the room, the Zen Master suddenly shouted, "Drop off your body and mind this instant!" The guy said, "All of a sudden the space between us collapsed, and I was walking forward and backward at the same time. The teacher and I both simultaneously burst out laughing."
I don't know if that's an exact quote, but that's the way I remember it. I read that account and wondered, "What on earth was that guy describing?" Later, I found out.
Kabir said, "I saw the truth for fifteen seconds and became a servant for life." Yessssssssssssss.
In one book (I think it was "A Glimpse of Nothingness") a student describes an experience where he went for a Zen interview. As he came into the room, the Zen Master suddenly shouted, "Drop off your body and mind this instant!" The guy said, "All of a sudden the space between us collapsed, and I was walking forward and backward at the same time. The teacher and I both simultaneously burst out laughing."
I don't know if that's an exact quote, but that's the way I remember it. I read that account and wondered, "What on earth was that guy describing?" Later, I found out.
Kabir said, "I saw the truth for fifteen seconds and became a servant for life." Yessssssssssssss.
