"It's important to look at who is asking you to do a particular thing. For how long are you being asked to do this particular thing? Under what kind of circumstances are you being asked to do this particular thing? Trust must be involved there. Trust does not mean to be a damn fool. It does not mean to blindly go along with something and totally throw away your discrimination. You can put discrimination on the shelf for a while to see and to hear, but if after a while something does not "sit" right, and the feedback does not feel right, then that becomes an abuse of obedience rather than a skillful use of obedience as a training device. .......Basically, obedience has to do with listening, and being able to train in responsiveness. Not holding anthing; not attaching to anything; not making any tight-gripped concept in your mind so that you are able to listen, to hear, and to respond. When the bell rings, bonnnnnngggg, you hear it: Someone calls, you answer! Someone close to you needs you, you are available to them." ...from Open Mouth Already a Mistake by Zen Master Wu Kwang, pg. 120-121.
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