BACK TO ZEN
TRY AGAIN
LIVE IN
MINDFULNESS
How many
times I have come back
The crazy
world
Distracting
Unsettling
I find
myself wandering in a forest of anxiety
Dashing about
in frustration
Seeing no
way out
Never noticing
the path I am standing on
And the
beauty of the trees around me.
This morning
I got up, did some stretches, weights, and then meditated for five minutes.
I have
fallen away from the beauty and contentment of the path less traveled, and become
lost among the masses that trod the well-worn road that inevitably leads to anxiety
and discontent ((Duhkha.)
I am over the
hump of my seventies and seem to be aimless.
I am reacting instead of acting; I am focusing on things I have no
ability to change; the stream of the world is flowing by around my ankles and I
am stomping at the waves; I have lost my mindfulness – and it is time to return… to Zen.
It is not a
distant journey; it is only one step.
As I move
back to mindfulness, I will post the journey.
Zen reminds
us that if we don’t see the beauty and mystery of our present life – our present
moment; it is unlikely we will live in the beauty of any moment of life.
NOW is holy
the Ol’Buzzard
I'd love to be able to meditate...try meditating with a cat who has boundary issues.
ReplyDeleteI like that "10 to Zen" image. Good advice for all of us.
ReplyDeleteI think you mean Dukkha. Anywho, I wish everyone would adopt the practice of Zen meditation. The world as it is would be changed for the better.
ReplyDeleteActually I have found it spelled three ways: Dukkha, Dhukka - in The Essence of Zen and Duhkha in Buddhism Plain and simple. There are perhaps even others due to the different Buddhist sects.
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