"Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives." (Alcoholics Anonymous, 86:2)
"The Way does not require cultivation—just don't pollute it.
What is pollution? As long as you have a fluctuating mind fabricating artificialities and contrivances, all of this is pollution.
If you want to understand the Way directly, the normal mind is the Way.
What I mean by the normal mind is the mind without artificiality, without subjective judgements, without grasping or rejection." (Zen Master Mazu)
(my emphasis)
"The Way does not require cultivation—just don't pollute it.
What is pollution? As long as you have a fluctuating mind fabricating artificialities and contrivances, all of this is pollution.
If you want to understand the Way directly, the normal mind is the Way.
What I mean by the normal mind is the mind without artificiality, without subjective judgements, without grasping or rejection." (Zen Master Mazu)
(my emphasis)