Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Our mind seems to have many strata. In Buddhism one way of looking at it is in terms of the three realms. When you see a flower in the garden and wonder how you can get one for yourself, that’s the realm of desire. Or if you see it as just an object, that’s the realm of things. When you perceive it as an artistic creation, that’s the realm of mind. These three realms are all still caught on objects as form. Eventually this world and all of the things in it will fade. Our life energy will fade as well. We may be healthy today, but we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. If we dwell on having something, we’ll surely become melancholy when we no longer have it. Not being attached to having and not being attached to not having make up one of the central points of Zen.’ (Not One Single Thing)