Zen Master Takuan taught, “Not attaching the mind anywhere at all is the main matter, what really counts.” He’s cautioning us here not to get caught up in any one impression, any one interpretation, any one spot, but to keep the mind open, aware, move with wonder and flexibility through the moments of our days.
What strikes me in this teaching is how it’s another way of understanding the Buddha’s teaching of the Middle Way. The middle way in our daily doings doesn’t mean to vacillate between two extremes, though that is included, of course, but rather to keep our center of gravity upright, in the Now, which is always flowing.
