From this month’s Zen words in Japanese site of Rinzai-Obaku Zen.
My take on this maxim is the difference between the holistic wisdom and the analytic knowledge. When you personify enlightenment, or one with the ultimate truth, who asks a question about it? Asking a question is representing that you are in the third person viewpoint and not one with the ultimate truth.
Covid-19 is indeed a real surprise attack against humanity. Although we cannot tell how it will end up just as yet, it is sure that the world will never be the same as before.
Indeed, it is a fact very hard to swallow regardless the future prospect is bright or bleak. Quite a few people are still in denial. That is the reason why so many unproductive arguments are circulating despite they will not lead us to anywhere.
I suspect that most of them come from those who have forced to abandon their winning games. Covid-19 is a decisive game changer. However, it is not a great leveller as the strong still have better chances over the weak even though they might need write off lots of their vested interests.
Simply, we are seeing a tomorrow which is not a sequel of yesterday. We were about to be fed up with a flood of sequels, weren’t we?