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[Umaidesu]

I am the mountain, because it is. I am enlightened because I am.

[isthische]

theoreticaly. but in practice? deep inside??

[Umaidesu]

I try to...lol...sometimes I fall back into egoism and judgement. Noone ever said the road was a short one!

[netelsg]

Below is one zen koan by one enlightened master.

Before I practise Zen, I saw mountains as mountains, and water as water.

When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and water are not water.

But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and water once again as water.

If you cannot explain above, you still not enlightened.