NONDUALITY: THE MYSTIC AND THE MASTER

Za-Zen, or sudden awareness, or a shock to the system such as in crazy-wise teachings, or just this, looks silly and is silly, but that is where the, perhaps, true master and masters work from and are. Far, far through the looking glass, they arrive back to the same place, - the everyday. There is a saying, Nothing is sacred to one who is and moves through the sacred. So, a master could appear as anything. In fact, a toothless, illiterate old village person, working with scabbed hands and an empty belly, with wrinkles everywhere and a piece of cloth for clothing, could be the perfect candidate. But, a person driving a Cadillac and wearing a gold ring, eating a 16 OZ. steak could also be it. Or not. The mystic is another idea. The mystic does not have to be awakened. It seems the highest masters, if we could mention such a thing just for talking or writing sake, rarely if ever speak about such things that they mystics are involved with. Reincarnation, divination, conversing with spirits, runes, the weather, and so much more. Visions, kundalini, astrology, palmistry, chakras, astral travel, so on- maybe the masters know well these things are valid but that they are pitfalls and diversions, distractions, to the golden grain, to the real goal, which the present. Maybe a rare soul could be a mystic and a master both. Maybe not. Who is to know?