AN INTRODUCTION TOZEN BUDDHISM
completeness:forthattheindefinite expansionoftheuncon-sciousisneeded.Thelatter,however,canneitherbecaptured
withskilfulformulaenorexorcizedbymeansofscientificdogmas,
forthereissomethingofDestinyclingingtoit—yes,itissome-
timesDestinyitself,asFaustandZ'^rathustrashowalltooclearly.Theattainmentofcompletenesscallsfortheuseofthewhole.
Nothinglesswilldo;hencetherecanbenoeasierconditions,
nosubstitution, nocompromise. Inasmuchas bothFaustand
Zarathustra, despitethehighest appreciation,areonlyon the
border-lineofwhatiscomprehensibletotheEuropean,onecanscarcely expecta cultured publicwho haveonlyjustbegun
tohearaboutthedimworldofthesoultobeabletoformanyadequate conceptionofthespiritualstateofamanwhohas
fallen intotheconfusions oftheindividuationprocess,bywhich
term Ihavedesignatedthe"becomingwhole" {Ganzwerdung).Peopledrag forththevocabulary ofpathology, they console
themselves with "neurosis" and "psychosis" terminology,
whisperabout"creativemystery"—butwhatcanamanwhois probablynotapoet create?The last-mentionedmisunder-
standinghasinmodemtimescausednotafewpeopletocall
themselvesoftheirowngrace"artists".Asif"art"hadnothing
atall todowith"ability"! Ifyouhavenothingto"create",
perhapsyoucreateyourself.Zenshowshowmuch"becomingwhole"meanstotheEast.
PreoccupationwiththeriddlesofZenmayperhapsstiffenthe
spineofthefaint-heartedEuropean,orprovideapairofspec-
taclesforhisshortsightedness, sothat fromhis"gloomyholeinthewall"hemayenjoyatleastaglimpseoftheworldof
spiritual experience, which until now has been shrouded in
mist.Itwillcertainlynotendbadly,forthosewhoareterrified
will beeffectively protectedfrom furthercorruption, as also
fromeverythingofsignificance,bythehelpful ideaof"auto-
suggestion" (seepage93).Ishouldliketowarntheattentive
andsympathetic reader, however, not to underestimate the
spiritualdepthoftheEast,ortoassumeanykindofcheapnessinZen.^ Thezealously nurtured attitude ofliteral credulity
(^1) "Zenisnotapastime,butthemostserioustaskinlife.Noemptyhead
willeverventurenearit."(Suzuki:Essaysin^<nBuddhism,I,p.16.)Seealso
p.78.