This is black, this
is white, as you see [laughs, laughter]. But for me [laughs], this is white and
this is black [laughter]. Black, you know, signifies the absolute, and
white signifies the relative. This is nighttime. This is daytime. Nighttime you
cannot see anything, you know, but daytime you will see everything in its
relative sense. But absolute-- you don't see, you don't hear, you don't think.
That is the absolute. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-08-25 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
