Wind, Flag and the Mind

Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. "It's the wind that is really moving," stated the first one. "No, it is the flag that is moving," contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. "Neither the flag nor the wind is moving," he said, "It is MIND that moves."

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"The mind holds ultimate power. Without it, nothing would exist. If a tree fell in the forest..."

"Our minds create what we see. Our mind is strong and capable of anything."

"Nothing is as it seems."

"The Zen master is using 'move' in the sense of 'contemplate.' The flag and wind do not think about moving, they simply do as the patterns of nature dictate, but the mind contemplates this."
"The mind is the center of all things. Without it, nothing else matters." "Interesting, although it is obviously the wind that is moving the flag."

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