Innis on Nostr: In Zen the teacher will make you sit and face a wall until you realise the unity of ...

In Zen the teacher will make you sit and face a wall until you realise the unity of all things. Then slap you in the face and ask why it hurt if you get stuck there. To use your framing, both changeable and unchangeable identity are real. Paul holds both at once: "in Christ" and "foremost of sinners," present tense. Don't get stuck in either.