A ball on rushing water

A monk asked Zhaozhou, "Does a newborn baby have the sixth consciousness?" Zhaozhou said, "Like tossing a ball on rushing water."

Blue Cliff Record, case 80

How to sit with it

A mind that does not hold on keeps moving. Where are you holding on?

Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.