We talk in terms of opposites. We had a good meal, or a bad night's sleep. We felt cold as opposed to hot, happy in contrast to sad. Time is also viewed in such a way. We talk about the past or the future - but even when we talk about the present moment, we … Continue reading Timeless.
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The eternal moment.
How often do we hear or think the words "I don't have time"? We appear to be trapped within a rapidly ever-moving world, relentlessly busy, always chasing our tails. We are constantly either looking back or looking forward and the present becomes little more than the inconsequential line that divides the two. Where we are … Continue reading The eternal moment.
Tiger in the room
When you're sitting za-zen and you find that your mind has been wandering, bring your attention back to your posture and the mind will follow. If, when we were to sit za-zen, we faced the wall but knew a wild, loose tiger padded up and down the room behind us, our mind wouldn't wander. If … Continue reading Tiger in the room
No time like the present…
Oh but to live like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that "for yesterday , today and tomorrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backwards for yesterday, forward for tomorrow, and overhead for the passing day." All there ever is, is this present moment. There … Continue reading No time like the present…
Zen musings 