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“Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.”
“How long do you think we’re going to be on this trip?”
“Don’t think about the future. Just be here now.”
“Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.”
I think the message is that you don’t need to go to anywhere else to find what you are seeking.
When you have quieted your mind enough and transcended your ego enough you can hear how it really is. so: when you are with a candleflame you are the candleflame And when you are with another being’s mind you are the other being’s mind When there is a task to do you are the task The mindless quality of total involvement That comes only when the ego is quiet and there is no attachment It is only when you reside quietly In your own Hridayam that you become He of total light Unbearable Compassion and Infinite Power
We’re talking about a metamorphosis we’re talking about going from a caterpillar to butterfly we’re talking about how to become a butterfly. I mean: the caterpillar isn’t walking around Saying: man I’ll soon be a butterfly Because: as long as he’s busy Being a caterpillar He can’t be a butterfly. It’s only when caterpillarness is done That one starts to be a butterfly and that again is part of this paradox you cannot rip away caterpillarness the whole trip occurs in an unfolding process under which you have no control Well: what am I doing here if I have no control? Can’t I say this is
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Just work on yourself And: Everytime you work on yourself, you get calmer you hear more you sense more you are more you’re more present
You meet another person & there are qualities in that personality which of- fend you & there are qualities which attract you— some qualities seduce you — some qualities repel you — some qu- alities sexually excite you — some qual- ities revolt you — some qualities interest you— some qualities fascinate you— some qualities bore you. It’s only when you can see through all that veil . . . through all your own desires. . . . . . Beyond sita walking in the path that you can see beyond all that To where the other being is you will do that when you’ve gone inside to see where you are — beyond the
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“You can’t rip the skin from the snake. It will shed its skin when it is ready.”—Hari Dass Baba
“Conserve your powers. Daily renewed sense yearnings sap your inner peace; they are like openings in a reservoir that allow vital waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism.
move slowly and gently . . . don’t force your body . . . listen very carefully to the information that your body gives you.
With this greater understanding comes greater compassion . . . an acceptance of “how it is” . . . an ability to see the divine plan in everything . . . even in your failings and the failings of others.
Truth gets you high. There is no doubt about it. Lies bring you down.
Such distance that the act of lying creates turns out in the long run to cost more than the lie gained for you in the first place. Once you understand the workings of karma you see that there is no escape from the effects, both short and long term, of your acts, i.e., acts done in the service of the ego.
“Indeed we are running away all the time to avoid coming face to face with our real selves, and we barter the truth for trifles.”—Way of a Pilgrim
A moment’s reflection will show you that you play many roles in the course of a day . . . and that who you are from moment to moment changes. There is the angry you, and the kind you, the lazy you, the lustful you—hundreds of different you’s.
Each of these “you’s” reflects an identification with a desire, or a feeling, or thought.
“If you observe well, your own heart will answer.”—de Lubicz
“What you receive depends upon what you give.
term meditation is used in such a variety of ways that it may mean anything from daydreaming or musing, to deliberating about a topic, to a specific discipline of working with the mind that can be so exact that every act of body and thought is prescribed.
Man’s rational mind, the instrument with which he can think about things, has given him great power. This power he has used primarily to increase his potential for survival, to increase his pleasure or sensual gratification, and to enhance his ego through mastery or control of his environment.
“A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move towards higher levels.”—A. Einstein
Begin to notice that wherever you go or whatever time it is by the clock . . . it is ALWAYS HERE AND NOW.
In fact you will begin to see that you can’t get away from the HERE and NOW.
Let the clock and the earth do their “thing” . . . let the comings and goings of life continue . . . But YOU stay HERE and NOW. This is an exercise to bring you ...
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DON’T THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE. JUST BE HERE NOW. DON’T THINK ABOUT THE PAST. JUST BE HERE NOW.
you will have optimum power and understanding to do the best thing at the given moment. Thus when “then” (the future) becomes Now—if you have learned this discipline—you will then be in an ideal position to do the best thing. So you need not spend your time now worrying about then.
“A Zen student must learn to waste time conscientiously.”—Suzuki Roshi
