Friday, May 27, 2011

Readiness, Mindfulness - Part II

"To realize the truth is to live--to exist here and now."--Shunryu Suzuki

I have heard it said that life is what happens to us when we are busy making other plans. We are not aware that we are the experience. When we are not aware of reality, we are sleepwalking through life.

Zen practice is the effort to throw off sleep. When we are wide awake, everything we do will be done with sacred intensity.
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