Insane asylum

When you look closely, this world is like a huge insane asylum. Everyone creates her or his own prison. We double and triple-lock ourselves in and cry out for freedom. As soon as we create ideas and concepts of freedom, we become unfree. In the momen t when we begin to think about completion, or about enlightenment, we become incomplete and unenlightened. A process of chasing after our own ideas begins. What we have created with our minds becomes so real that we must achieve and realize it.But Zen Master Seung Sahn'steaching is very simple. He taught us to put everything down, everything is as it is: whole and complete. So we don't even have to rush from one Kyol Che to the next and do thousands of prostrations. We just have to put down our ideas and concepts. Then the prison dissapear, the door open, and we see clearly. This is the best help we can give to the world. We don't even have to ask "How can I help you?" This is the greatest contribution we can make to our world.
At this point there is freedom from life and death.
At this point there is neither freedom, nor life, nor death.
Zen Master Ko Bong said, if you go one step forward from this point, you are dead. If you go one step backwards, you are dead. You can't stay at this point. Nobody can help you. How can you stay alive?
So, how can we stay alive?
Zen Master Chon at her Inka ceremony