Meditation Point #94
A Zen ThingThere are other things besides money hunger…misery…poverty – – Irish Saying These are words that we need to remind ourselves of everyday. To many of us (the fortunate) these are only words. The fact that you are reading this blog indicates that you are probably unfamiliar with at least two of these terms. As martial Read More
Meditation Point #93
A Zen ThingHow to compare this brief life? This morning a boat crossed the harbor, leaving no mark in the world. – – Mansei SO few of us leave a mark upon the world that most of us can name these people going back a millennium. Yet we like to feel ourselves important. Perhaps this explains we Read More
Meditation Point #92
A Zen Thing“Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.” – – P. T. Barnum Read More
Meditation Point #91
A Zen ThingIn order to take one must first give. I’m not going to offer any insight on this one, you need to figure it out for yourself… Read More
Meditation Point #90
A Zen ThingLive the question now. Perhaps, then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. — Rainer Maria Rilke To often we obsess about the the question when the problem is we have not experienced what we need to or learned what is necessary in order Read More
Meditation Point #89
A Zen ThingA window of opportunity won’t open itself. – – unknown I got this little jewel of wisdom in a fortune cookie along with some Lucky numbers. Well the numbers didn’t turn out to be all that lucky for the lottery! But they did get me thinking about what the cookie said. Well not literally of Read More
Meditation Point #88
A Zen ThingA military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. – – Sun-Tzu, The Art of War. Strategic Assessments Think sparring! This is probably one of the harder lessons for many students to learn, they must deceive their opponent to make an opening. Nothing is Read More
Meditation Point #87
A Zen ThingThe aspects of things most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. – – Ludwig Wittgenstein To put it another way, don’t take for granted the gifts you have been given. Let those closest to you know how you feel about them. Savor the food you eat as if it were Read More
Meditation Point #86
A Zen ThingThe establishment of inner harmony is to be attained neither in the past nor in the future, but where the past and future meet, which is the now. When you have attained that point, neither future nor past, neither birth nor death, neither time nor space exist. It is that NOW which is liberation, which Read More
Meditation Point #85
A Zen ThingIf your actions are sloppy, your understanding is sloppy, your life is sloppy, and everything is sloppy. – – Taizan Maezumi Read More
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