“Oh, I see your problem,” Zen Master says, “The trouble you
have is that you think you have time.”
Woof!
Who’s the “you” Zen Master addresses? To which “you” does
the master refer? It’s not your Buddha mind, now, is it?
It’s not the wise inner sage. It’s your personality, your
ego identity, your ego mind.
Your ego has a couple of jobs, at least.
One: Always be right. Justify if you need. Be delusional
if you need. Be right by being wrong if you need. Just
be right.
Two: Keep the knowledge of your certain mortality at bay.
I have written before about using the phrase – today is a
good day to die. Today’s quote is another take on this
wake up call.
How can you use it to wake up? How can you use it to be
joyful in this very moment? Instead of waiting for some
event in the future, as when I win the lottery, when I
marry/divorce, when I get the promotion, when my parents,
spouse, boss, best friend apologizes or they approve of me.
It might be instructive for you to look inside and discover
the circumstance for which you’re waiting. What needs to
improve before you get to be wholeheartedly happy in this
very moment?
And What Pray Tell Would Be The Best Use Of Your Limited
Time?
Obviously, I recommend you use any strategy you have to
become present, to become conscious of this present moment.
Right here. Right now.
• Meditate
• Practice taiji
• Be still
• Watch your breathing
You can find wonderful suggestions in my books
SIMPLY SERRENE (http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x) and LOOKING
DEEPLY INTO PRESENCE (http://tinyurl.com/os966)
including the guaranteed Owl Eyes method.
FOOLPROOF RELAXATION (http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9) offers
another way. (Note: SIMPLY SERENE contains an early
version of FOOLPROOF RELAXATION.)
All three carry satisfaction guarantees. Go for it–
Simply Serene => http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x
Looking Deeply into Presence => http://tinyurl.com/os966
Foolproof Relaxation => http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9
Byron Katie’s book, LOVING WHAT IS can be very useful. More
later.
Blessings,
William
