The states that confirm the wisdom of zazen simply wouldn’t arise within any conceptual, expectational, or procedural structure, because they consist of letting go.

And the feedback loops that allow their exploration consist of letting go of these states themselves.

If you’re a concept-haver/procedure-doer/state-enjoyer frustrated by clunky Zen insistence on “no goal”/“good for nothing,” think about this: If letting go is the whole thing, how else could a logical sentence about it be constructed and still convey the essential instruction?

This thread about keys https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗝" title="Alter Schlüssel" aria-label="Emoji: Alter Schlüssel"> conveys something critical: Every single manifestation of anything at all is a locked door that is its own key. Zazen is not THE key. It is simply practice of the radical, inclusive allowing of any experience to be both a lock and a key, so it can open. https://twitter.com/bikinidakini/status/1379395340844040193">https://twitter.com/bikinidak...