The Art of Zen Is Like Trying to Control Your Thoughts With Feelings

The great Zen master, Rinzai said there was nothing much in Obaku's Buddhism. He went on to explain that the art of Zen is like deceiving a child with an empty fist. When you try to control your thoughts or feelings, there is no difference between the thoughts and the controller. The thinker is simply your thought of yourself. And trying to control thoughts with thoughts is like trying to bite your own teeth.