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
OB:
ReplyDeleteThe 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
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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