“You cannot approach a wise Zen master with a full cup. Yet, that is what we attempt to do. Thinking oneself knowledgable the student disciple approaches. What does the master do? The master points out the student disciple is not empty but full. Tea is offered.
The master demonstrates nothing can be added to an already full cup, or mind, by pouring tea to overflowing. When the disciple protests, ‘it’s full,’ the master points out the student, too, is full of opinions, beliefs, answers, habits, knowledge, self or ego.
The master sends the disciple away saying, ‘Your cup IS full. Empty your cup then you may return.’ It is an act of surrender to give up one’s knowledge, the need to be right; to give up oneself, the ego, and be open and available. Easy to do and difficult to do for some.
Only That Which Is Empty Can Receive – Become Empty – Receive
I love Zen and all approaches. Perhaps, I’m most closely aligned with Lao Tzu and Taoism. Still, I embrace all practices and principles that direct the student to become empty and to look within to find the one’s true self. There’s so much beauty in our world. Notice it.
‘My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you’ll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, Look inside your heart.’ – Lao Tzu
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