You may say that enlightenment is the maturity
of your experience of everyday life. When enlightenment does not follow, your
experience is black and white. But when true experience follows your conscious
activity or conscious experience, the way you accept it is more natural,
smooth, and deep. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-06-11 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,.
