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What Is the Mind of a Child?
The zen master joshu was once asked, what is the mind of a child? And he said, a ball in a mountain stream. He said, thought after thought after thought, with no block. One thought follows another without hesitation. The thought arises. It doesn't wait to arise. As when you clasp your hands, the sound issues without hesitation. When you strike flint, the spark comes out. And that means that there's no block. So thought, thought, thought anaan describes what we call, in our world, the stream of consciousness.