Life's Bible
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With palms together,
Good Morning Everyone,
Its all very simple really, Zen, that is. One just stops and pays complete and close attention for a prescribed period of time. Its nothing special, nor is it anything mystical. We do this practice so that when we are moving we are present in each step. In this case, "moving" means everyday life and "step" means any action such as walking talking, eating, working.
From such a practice, everything flows: Our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe; our relation to ourselves and others; our understanding of life itself.
These understandings are our own, although they are sometimes offered as teishos by Zen Masters or other clergy. But, in essence they are our own, personal scripture writ upon our mind. What is so interesting is that these personal scriptures are essentially the same from person to person throughout time, religion, and culture.
Collected, they would become a universal Torah, our instructions for life.
We are so busy living in the next moment that we rarely are present in this one. We do not look deeply into this moment, we hardly look at it at all. And in the end, are lead about by a brass ring that doesn't really exist: around and around and around.
If you want to know what is really important to you, then stop for awhile each day and teach yourself to pay attention to your life.
Be well.
Good Morning Everyone,
Its all very simple really, Zen, that is. One just stops and pays complete and close attention for a prescribed period of time. Its nothing special, nor is it anything mystical. We do this practice so that when we are moving we are present in each step. In this case, "moving" means everyday life and "step" means any action such as walking talking, eating, working.
From such a practice, everything flows: Our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe; our relation to ourselves and others; our understanding of life itself.
These understandings are our own, although they are sometimes offered as teishos by Zen Masters or other clergy. But, in essence they are our own, personal scripture writ upon our mind. What is so interesting is that these personal scriptures are essentially the same from person to person throughout time, religion, and culture.
Collected, they would become a universal Torah, our instructions for life.
We are so busy living in the next moment that we rarely are present in this one. We do not look deeply into this moment, we hardly look at it at all. And in the end, are lead about by a brass ring that doesn't really exist: around and around and around.
If you want to know what is really important to you, then stop for awhile each day and teach yourself to pay attention to your life.
Be well.