In the last story we told about the teacup the master is filling and filling the filling the cup until there’s no room for anything else. The teacup represents all the books you’ve read, including this one.
Don’t let these stories fill you up with knowledge. The mind always craves knowledge and power.
Instead let these Zen stories empty you, each with their “stopping point.” The effectiveness of these stories is their ability to create pictures in your mind that don’t attach words stories, that defy concepts.
Let the stories sit in your mind’s eye and forget the details as much as possible. Don’t fill your cup. Let it be empty, so that as you walk forward life enters you, wisdom grows in you. So that you know who you are in this world.
Always know that the world needs you fully awake.