Zen Garden Koan # 26

A Koan for the Self

What is essential?
From where do we find our balance?
The heart? The eyes? The mind? The body? The soul?
If you say any one of them, you are missing the question.
If you say all of them, you are missing the self.

The answers you find today may not be the answers you need tomorrow.
Do we always need more heart, more mind, more eyes, more body, more soul?

What more is there beyond the self?
Is the heart not of the self?
Is the mind not of the self?
Are the eyes not of the self?
Is the body not of the self?
Is the soul not of the self?

Is god not all of these?

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