We tend to think that life will occur sometime later. However, this moment – exactly as it is – is the full disclosure of reality.
When you find your place right where you are,
the Way itself is being lived out,
and we realize the entire universe in the present moment.
Dōgen, Genjōkōan,
Life is completely still.
It is without excitement.
It is always still, indifferent to
whether or not your life is dramatic
Joko Dave Haselwood, 1931 – 2014, Zen teacher
My motto for this week
Stop giving your precious energy
to things that make you feel bad.
Louise Hay
After another week in which we were told to fear one another, where bullying masquerades as a virtue, and common decency in relationships is treated as a weakness…
Why should the individual adjust himself to an unhealthy society?
If he is healthy, he will not be a part of it
Krisnamurti, Commentaries on Living [Commonly rendered as It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society]
We gain peace of mind when we recognize that, in this moment, nothing is actually missing. The sacred is not elsewhere;
Rice in the bowl
Water in the bucket
Zen koan response by Yumen when asked what is fully awakened awareness
Ishi no ue ni mo sannen (石の上にも三年) Well known Japanese Proverb
Literal meaning: “Three years on a stone.”
Its wisdom is deceptively simple: patience transforms even the toughest challenges. Sit on a cold stone long enough, and eventually it will grow warm. Similarly, sometimes the breakthrough occurs not through intensity but through continuity.
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