Saturday, January 5, 2019

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

2 comments:

  1. OB:

    The sentiments you describe are very much akin to what I would like for myself as well. So, I have a question for you, as I think of you as a wise fellow.... there are a plethora of books about "Zen" and Buddhist philosophies.... so many in fact that I could and have easily gotten lost in Amazon perusing. So, as you seem to have a mindset that seems pretty congruent with my own, do YOU have a book or two that you have found especially meaningful on the topics that you would recommend? I am thinking that what you found valuable would likely be helpful to me as well.

    PipeTobacco

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  2. A beautifully written post -- I especially like "It is not a distant journey; it is only one step." One step that makes all the difference in peace and contentment.

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