It has been asked, "How should those who enter the path apply their minds?"

All things are originally uncreated and presently undying. Just let your mind be free; you don't have to restrain it. 

See directly and hear directly; come directly and go directly. When you must go, then go; when you must stay, then stay.

This is the true path. A scripture says, "Conditional existence is the site of enlightenment, insofar as you know it as it really is." 

                        - Niu-t'ou Hui-chung (683-769) courtesy of dailyzen.com 

I have a great talent of taking simple tasks or plans and making them overwhelmingly complex. Frustrations mount exponentially and my tolerance becomes non existent. I have had this talent for most of my life and it has created all kinds of suffering. To see and hear directly is clearly the antidote to all this meshugaas . The idea of coming and going directly is so profoundly simple that it proves to be elusive. One breath at a time for this one. “The journey of a thousand miles.....”