Their teacher strikes them both dumb, saying, “It is your mind that moves.” The centuries-old koan illustrates a point Zen masters - and later philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists - have all emphasized at one time or another: human experience happens in the mind, but we share reality through language and culture, and these in turn set the terms for how we perceive what we experience. ![]() In an old Zen story, two monks argue over whether a flag is waving or whether it’s the wind that waves.
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