Dharma Talk: Words, No Words by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj Sensei:
"...a psychology course, the teacher brought a list of lines and presented them to each student and said, "Some of these lines are lines from poetry. Some of these lines are ravings of schizophrenics. See if you can tell the difference." She looked at them, and realized that just looking at the grammar, the choice of words, the imagery, there was no way of entering. And she, bless her heart, recognized that what was being asked of her was a completely different way of approaching the problem. So she started reading the lines and just feeling—not even feeling for something, but just watching and feeling what was happening, and she recognized that there was a clear difference that she was able to notice. Reading certain lines there was a sense of reaching out, of warmth, of connectedness. Other lines left her completely on the outside. There was a sense of separation, of being pushed away, of hollowness in her body. She kept on studying, and she was able to recognize each one as poetry or raving. When she brought her results to the teacher, he confirmed that she had gotten every single one right."
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