some notes on Buddhism

...We are caught in the net when we take ourselves very seriously, when everything looks small and tight and constrained and constricted. But when we let go of all that and come back to zero point, then what appeared to be constricting and constraining transmutes into something that is quite open and wide.

Don't Know Mind: the spirit of Korean Zen by Richard Shrobe, Shambhala books 2004, p. 105