## Metadata - Author: [[Richard Collins]] - Full Title: No Fear Zen - Category: #books ## Highlights - Because zazen is not about you, most people, assuming that it is about them and finding out that it’s not, will take off after a quick introduction or a few sittings. The others, those who stay and stick with the practice, find that they are not getting themselves up in the morning and dragging themselves to the dojo in the dark for themselves but for their family, or for their extended family, or for their colleagues, or ultimately for all existences. This is when “my” practice becomes “the” practice. What you find is that the self keeps changing; the practice provides the thread of continuity in that constantly emptying construct called the “myself.” As Kodo Sawaki said, “Precisely that self which I haven’t thought up is who I really am.” So it is not that the self doesn’t exist, it’s that you can’t ultimately know what that self is. And that’s not a liability, it’s the foundation of great liberty. ([Location 435](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00YQ2HQZU&location=435))