I thought it might be “look for things that might not even be there as hard as you would if they are there.” Then the koan form takes it closer to “the thereness of something just has little relevance on how hard you look for it.” But it needs to get closer to the “biological” part of your brain, where you’re not faking it with all your mental and bodily systems, like when your blood pressure rises from “truly believing” a lion is around the corner but wouldn’t if you “fake believe” it.
I thought it might be “look for things that might not even be there as hard as you would if they are there.” Then the koan form takes it closer to “the thereness of something just has little relevance on how hard you look for it.” But it needs to get closer to the “biological” part of your brain, where you’re not faking it with all your mental and bodily systems, like when your blood pressure rises from “truly believing” a lion is around the corner but wouldn’t if you “fake believe” it.
I imagine it’s something like “look for things that are notably absent, when you would expect them to have been found if there”?