When you have stopped the deluded activity of consciousness, then, whatever situation you may find yourself in, you enjoy perfect freedom, in adversity and prosperity, in taking and giving. Not tell me, how in fact will this sort of person behave?

A monk asked Ummon, “What is the teaching of the Buddah’s lifetime?”
Ummon said, “Preaching facing oneness.”

Zen masters deliver their sermons facing the image of the Buddha. However, the meaning of this koan is broader: oneness is absolute truth. To face oneness means to face every thing—-yourself, the world, every being, and every thing—-in its absolute truth.