A monastic asked Master Boja, “When stillness comes into being, wisdom is blocked, and when thinking changes, the true-Self is changed. How is it before stillness comes into being?” The master answered, “Blocked.” The monastic said, “What blocks when stillness has not come into being yet?” The master said, “You’ve not met the man.”
Student: “Why is wisdom blocked when stillness comes into being?”
Master: “What comes into being, or doesn’t is not stillness but an illusion.”
Commentary:
Stillness is true stillness when it is not a word.
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