Even though you cannot deal with your fear,
nothing happens to you, you know. Even though you go insane, that is all right
[laughs, laughter]. Because we are normal, we have that kind of fear. That we
have the possibility of going insane is [laughs] -- we should feel lucky, you know, to have possibility of going insane. But usually, we are trying not to be insane [laughs]. That is opposite effort to our zazen
effort. We rather [laughs] practice zazen to go insane or enjoying [laughs]
possibility of going insane [laughs, laughter]. --------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-05-A 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.
