You should not be aware of your practice. That is the stage you will attain, where there is no feeling of practice—no feeling of your body or mind, no feeling of suffering, and no feeling of joy. You are just practicing without any problem [laughs]—without any pain.
Photo by Meiya Wender
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-08-25 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.