There have been many misunderstandings about the power of hara. The power of hara is not to be some supernatural power. The power of hara is not something of which you can be proud or which you can obtain by hard practice or through dualistic effort. This mind is beyond our dualistic mind, so you cannot explain what it is by words. It is the mind which would be understood before you explain about it. This kind of mind is true mind.
Richard Baker and Shunryu Suzuki at Tassajara - 1967
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-04-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
