ZENKEI SHIBAYAMA - The World as I-myself

"From the standpoint of the world

I-myself am the world.
From the standpoint of I-myself,
The world is I-myself.

When the world is I-myself
There is no self
When there is no self,
The whole world is nothing but I-myself

And this is the true no-mind in Zen.
When one lives with this no-mind,
Can there be anything to obstruct I-myself?
What can there be, then, to restrict the world?

"The world is vast and wide" refers to this no mind.,"

Taken from a Zenkei Shibayama commentary on the Bell-Sound & Priest's Robe Koan. Page 123.
The Gateless Barrier. Zen comments on the Munonkan, Publisher, Shambhala. 2000