The hell-mind is a magnetic experience.
This powerful magnet is sometimes so difficult to resist.
Its strength is then such that one reaches the infernal magnetic heart without having time to notice.
This potentially lasts for thousands of years.
And the Zen disciple is not protected against the highly powerful magnets that pass within range of meditation cushions.
It’s obvious now that these flashes aren’t mine,
That they come from further away,
I note them down and compile them, that’s all,
I re-read them, to remind myself that they only have meaning if they transport and color everyday life,
mine,
that of others,
Sitting is the temple, the place where thunders echo.
Notes & Silence 
The issue seems to me to be not what phenomena a mind perceives, but whether it refuses to let go.
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I agree with you here : focusing too much on our mind-terial is definitely honing a necessary skill,
Yet, it is also a major hindrance.
The point is to go beyond the rocks in the way,
not to scrutinize them under the microscope and become rock experts.
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