Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explains how if we are ruled from without, we are slaves. If we are ruled from within, we are still enslaved. Short review of recent sesshin. Lola shares the amusing tale of the teacher's visit to an archery target practice. When you’re always doing, disciplining yourself, there is a conflict. Beyond discipline is stillness. We receive teachings at the level we need them. Consciousness has the body. Not the other way around. Lola recounts the tale of the Sufi mystic who is captured and taken to the slave market by his captors. July 15, 1984
