in
fact, there is no wet,
'I'
walk
through the rain.
water
falls on me.
it
soaks through
my clothes. I do not pay attention to it, I am not bothered
by it. Another asks 'doesn't
the water bother you? you are practically drenched."
when
I left my house, I was dry.
now,
I am wet.
there
is no dry.
as
soon as I start to
think of being wet, I sense
it and feel it. it is only my mind state reacting
to what I have been taught, or what I have taught myself to think.
later, when I enter my house and change my clothes, I
will be dry. how
can this state affect me, it is impermanent. it
is worldly.