There is big misunderstanding about the idea of
naturalness. Most people who come to us believe in some freedom or naturalness,
but their understanding of naturalness is so-called heretic naturalness - some idea that there is no need to be formal or
to be rigid, just a kind of ‘let-alone-policy’, or sloppiness. That is
naturalness for most people. But that is not the naturalness we mean. It is
rather difficult to explain what it is, but naturalness is, I think, some feeling
which is independent from everything. That is naturalness. Or some activity
which is based on nothingness. Something which comes out of nothing is
naturalness. Like a seed or plant comes out from the ground. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-06-01 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, not just the super cool ones,.
