To have a kind of accurate understanding of ourself is very important. It is same thing to have a clock. To know
it is ten past nine is very important. But actually, there is no such time, you
know [laughs]. There is no ten past nine. When I am saying something
[laughs], it will be eleven past ten [nine] [laughs]. I am pointing at
something which is non-verbal. We say “just to sit,” but
this “just to sit” is extra [laughs]. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
