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Have Confidence in the Light That Is Always Inside You – with Michelle Riddle

Whatever confronts you, don’t believe it.  When something appears shine your light on it.  Have confidence in the light that is always working inside you. —Record of Linji It can be very seductive to convince ourselves that we need something we don’t have—that something about our circumstances, or our person, could use a bit of improvement. The funny thing is, in any moment we can’t have what we don’t have or be something other than what we are. Zen practice calls us to become interested in what is apparent in any moment if we’re not rejecting it. Koans turn us towards our mysterious connection to all things, and also our own unique way of appearing in the world. The Way in is our own way of seeing and perceiving our own inner light. Linji is instructing us to have some suspicion about the things we think are not ok (how do we know?), and to notice how each of us already has the light we long for. Michelle shares stories from her transmission ceremony this past weekend in which she gave up a lock of hair and gained a new rakusu, a new Zen name, blessings of a community and Zen ancestors, and still, nothing was given and nothing taken away. Sunday Zen with Michelle Riddle & Friends, December 14th, 2025 Pacific Zen Institute Find us at www.pacificzen.org