It is, actually, rather difficult to see “things
as it is.” You may say you are seeing “things as it is,” but actually, you do
not see “things as it is.” I don't mean that it is a distortion of sight, such
as when something of one shape looks shorter than something of another shape. I
mean that, as soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize
it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is already it is not just what
you saw. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-08 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.
