Sitting is being not-knowing; practice is not knowing. Not-knowing is not the opposite of knowing-do not be fooled by words. Not-knowing is not a negative state, not lacking. Knowing and not-knowing are not separate, never two. We are the entanglement of this unknown, the entanglement of unconditioned. Often we don't see this , don't manifest this, because through holding to knowing, through self-centeredness, we have cut-off this entangling unconditioned. We are holding onto and attached to the condition, the form, what we think we know, what we think we see, who we think we are.
Often, we think-act-as if we live in an either/or universe. By that I mean we think either 'this is me' or 'this is not me'. An important aspect of practice, of zazen of just sitting is to discover that I am the universe that I call 'not-me'. Not as something opposite, even though we tend to think in that way. We tend to think that it is either form or empty. We miss that in the midst of form is emptiness.
Form and empty are not two. When we chant, when we do service, we are not doing service just by our self, just here, we are joining with all others doing service, with the service of the whole universe, which is just here now. Being not-knowing allows our action to manifest the reality that without our action ins't manifest for us-despite the fact that it is so. Knowing arises and disappears. Our practice is always being right here, giving self away to this moment. Though we are so from the beginning, it is our practice effort that allows us to be this at each moment. Being not-knowing supports us in giving away. Not-knowing takes away everything. So, not-knowing is most intimate.
by/Elihu Genmyo Smith
Salam,
Cherine
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