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STUDENT c I 117Rosm: What is this [tapping student on shoulder with baton] ?[No response]It is Mu-only Mu! When I clap my hands [clapping) it is justMu. There is nothing you need "figure out" or speculate about. Ifyou try to make even the smallest deduction or. the barest analysis,you will never come to the realization of Mu.STUDENT: I feel that I am pushing against myself all the time.Rosm: Cut out speculating about it! Stop using your head! Justbecome completely one with Mu and you will positively come toSelf-realization.Actually there is no "myself" to push against. Mu is everything,Mu is Nothing. So long as you consciously or unconsciously believethat you are you and everything else is different from you, you willnever penetrate Mu. You are close to kensho. Only one more step !Be alert! Don't separate yourself from Mu by so much as the thicknessof a thin sheet of paper!* * *STUDENT: As a result of the explanation you gave me yesterday,I no longer associate "I" with my body or actions. But when I askmyself "Who is it that knows all that?" I conclude that I am theknower. Am I back where I started?Rosm: The following is vital for you, so listen carefully.Your mind, like a mirror, reflects everything: this table, this matwhateveryou see. If you don't perceive anything, the mirror reflectsitself. Now, everybody's mind is different. How my mind reflectsobjects differs from the way yours does. Whatever is in your mind isthe reflection of your mind, therefore it is you. So when you perceivethis mat or this table you are perceiving yoursel£ Again, when yourmind is devoid of all conceptions-i.e., opinions, ideas, points ofview, values, notions, assumptions-your mind is reflecting itsel£This is the condition of undifferentiation, of Mu.Now, all this is merely a picture. What you have to do is directlygrasp the truth yourself so that you are able to say, "Ah, of course !"This is enlightenment.* * *Rosm: You still haven't taken hold of Mu-that is too bad.STUDENT: I haven't, I am sorry to say.Rosm: Mu is nothing you can feel or taste or touch or smell.