Zen story: The way of Zen is the Zen of your way

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A would be student approached the renowned Zen master, Artov Breshsky, and asked him if he could he teach him the way of Zen. The master replied, "I have nothing of Zen to teach anyone, as there is no way of Zen, no way to Zen, and Zen is nothing in itself, either." The student said: "Teach me anyway." The master, thought for a short minute, then answered the student: "Your best teacher is yourself. All I can do is assist you in learning from life, by your discovering the difference between truth, and mistaken ideas of truth." The student said: "How does one acquire mistaken ideas of truth?" The master said: "By asking the wrong questions, and getting the wrong answers. Stop asking questions, and start seeing answers." "Answers bring directness to truth; questions just skirt around it." The student bowed low, and left the master, as he now had his answer. Zen comes out of oneself, not into oneself, when one sees truth, as it exists within the deepness of our own self. God lives within us too, and being connected to our soul, God supplies us with all our needs, at all times. Each individual has their own role, with its distinctive meaning, for that role too, as assigned to them, by God. God gives us all that we need to accomplish our mission, and to fully live our role in life. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Everything in creation has its role, and its reason for being created too. The dog has as much a role as its master to play in its life too.