Some quotes that stuck out in my reading today from Sekida's translation of Mumonkan: 

"But when your mind attaches itself and makes a problem of what there is or is not, then the feeling comes of being a victim of events, of falling under the yoke of causation.  A child does not feel such a yoke.  He simply lives life as it happens and enjoys it because he lives in samadhi."

"Man is absorbed in his own actions in the moment of sitting down, standing up, taking a step, opening a door, or raising his hand or finger.  But is he really acting in a state of true samadhi?  True samadhi controls not only momentary attention but also the whole stream of consciousness:  that is, the trend of the mind."

"There is a crucial moment in one's life when determination decides one's destiny."

 

.....I need to start practicing again....

 

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