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Monday, February 15, 2016

"You might try looking at all the stuff that comes up in your head simply as secretions. All our thoughts and feelings are a kind of secretion. It is important for us to see that clearly. Ive always got things coming up in my head, but if I tried to act on everything that came up, it would just wear me out. Havent yoy ever had the experience of being on a very high place and having the urge to jump? The urge to jump is just a secretion in your head. If you felt that you had to follow every urge, well..."- Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
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