On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious

by Douglas E. Harding

He is wondrous because “he wills that which he is and is that which he wills, with no end and no cause.”

But the headless one remains the Only One, and sees itself as the Alone, and faces its Solitariness. At this level there are no others.

To repeat our initial question, then: where do we go now? The answer is: nowhere. Let us resolutely stay right here, seeing and being This which is Obviousness itself, and take the consequences. They will be all right.