Whatever you hear, whatever you see, that is okay. Before you have this kind of actual feeling, of course it is necessary to be accustomed to our practice. Although intellectually we understand ourselves, but if we haven’t actual feeling with it, then it is not so powerful. So, that is why you must keep on practicing. If you keep practicing our way, naturally you will have this understanding and this actual feeling, too.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-30 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.