4.49 am.

It's 4.49 am and I've been awake for ages and I cannot sleep.. So, what to do?

Study some Zen of course..... Ive taken a look through my shelves and landed upon Instant Zen, after hovering over Huang po's T. O. M for a second and outright dismissing Bankei.

I've read Cleary's book on Foyan a couple of times and it seems a little clearer now after a puzzling first read..

I just randomly flick to a page and it is entitled: STOP OPINIONS and the first couple of paragraphs are a cause to make you stop dead in your tracks.

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#Stop opinions.

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The Third Patriarch of Zen said, " Don't seek reality, just put a stop to opinions." He also said, " As soon as there are judgments of right and wrong, the mind is lost in a flurry." These sayings teach you people of today what to work on.

When you read his saying, " Don't seek reality" you say there is no further need to seek - this means you are still entertaining opinions and are in a flurry of judgements: after all you have not reached a state of mind where there is no seeking, and are just making up opinionated interpretation.

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T. O. M's comment.

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My head is mangled.. Its 5.07 am.

Anyone care to comment on this segment from Foyan?