Got an email from a friend of mine

"There's a saying in Zen Buddhism, before you enter the Path, the mountain is just a mountain and the river is just a river, when you're walking the Path, the mountain is no longer the mountain and the river is not the river. And after you complete the Path the mountain is still the mountain and the river is still the river.'

We all somehow know the right thing that we're suppose to do but never did. Knowing the truth in our heart yet going against it time and again..This is one of the lesson that each of us come here to learn. Learn to trust and honor the voice within for it always spring forth from truth. And the truth lies in your Heart. This is also a reminder for myself I guess haha... Trust that you're guided and no matter what's the choices you've made they're no mistake, but just another lesson to learn."

This is part of an email Xavier sent to me. Xavier is a Buddhism lecturer I met few years ago in Singapore. I haven't fully understood the Zen concept he offered to me, what I can grasp so far is that after completing the Path, mountain is still mountain and river is still river, but the way we perceive mountain and river may be altered, even though their existence remains unchanged in physical reality/normal senses.