« The analyst must rule out one after the other any attempt at rationalization, any crutch, until the patient can no longer evade and, forced to break through the fictions that clutter his mind, will finally lead into the experience of reality, that is to say become aware of what he does not state before. »

« A monk asked a Zen master what he meant by "our daily spirit," he received this answer: "When I am hungry, I eat. When I'm sleepy, I sleep." »

« During our growth, intellectual development comes into play and the realm of the senses is invaded by the intellect. The ingenuity of the sensory experience is lost. We smile, it's not just a smile anymore: something has been added to it. We no longer eat as we did in our childhood, a nuance of intellectuality mixes. We all suffer in ourselves this intrusion of the intellect, and our simplest biological acts are now tainted with egocentrism. This means that an intruder has invaded our unconscious, and it can no longer directly animate the field of our consciousness. In Zen, and in Buddhism in general, `this metamorphosis` is called "emotional smear" or "interference of the conscious mind dominated by the intellect". If, in all sincerity, a man in the maturity of his mind seeks a free and spontaneous life, that fear, anguish and insecurity can no longer disturb, Zen demands that he wash himself of this defilement, that he free himself from this interference. Then, this fulfilled liberation, the "exercised" unconscious will animate the field of consciousness and we will finally know what the Chinese masters of Zen call "the daily spirit". »