...Heaven’s very simple and direct lessons to us are not taught in great books...
...They are swept with brushes of light across the sky...
...Everything around us that is natural and real tells us the story of heaven...
...And everything that is not quite so good...
...and not quite so permanent...
...not quite so happy, tells the story of man...
...Therefore, man builds an empire of his own in the midst of Heaven...
...If he builds it wisely, Heaven will sustain it...
...if he builds it badly...
...Heaven will force it to crumble in the presence of immutable law...
Excerpt from “Zen For The Western Mind”
© 1994 The Philosophical Research Society
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