Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Before– before you do– if before the concentration happens to you, your mind is just big and something– your mind is something which you don’t know. You do not have any feeling about yourself. But once you have involved in something or you are concentrated on something, there your mind will crystallize, and you will have some clear idea of yourself– subjectively and objectively. That subjective crystallized self reflect– project itself to the objective world, and you have some clear objects within your mind. There you have various feeling about the object. But as that object is the projected of mind of yourself, that– that you do– if that feeling is good or object is good, you will naturally cling to it. That– when you cling to some object, it means you are clinging to yourself at the same time because that object is the projected self. And if it– that attachment will result you some fear, if it is good. Because you attach to it, you try not [to] lose it. But nothing is permanent. Everything is changing. So even though you cling to it, that object will change even though you know that you have fear of losing it.’ (from the Suzuki Roshi Archive)