The sea has no boundaries, and its end is invisible. When faced with this vastness, people must feel the smallness of their own existence, yet conversely, their minds feel liberated from the narrow prison of the soul.
The sight of the sunset sinking into the sea is the moment when the finite (myself) and the infinite (the sea and sky) melt into one completely. Gradually, the contour of myself fades out, and the boundary between myself and the endless world disappears.
The ever-changing scenery, where the sea, the sky, the clouds, and the sinking sun blend together, quietly conveys the sense that “everything is interconnected” in the whole universe.
It may be an experience of awaking parallel to the "Ichinyo" (absolute oneness) described in the Zen teachings.
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