So, someone is here means everyone is here—in its true sense, not material sense. In materialistic understanding, that is not true. If I am here, there are many people. If I am talking here, many people are listening. But when I say, “I am talking to you.” It means “I”—the idea of “I” negates the audience. If you say, “I am listening to you,” it is a negation of the speaker. Do you understand?
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17N as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
