May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing and no holding back,
the way it is with children.
Rainer Maria Rilke, I believe in all that has never yet been spoken
Sunday Quote: Like children
Tag: Present moment
Non-doing
We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything we are wasting our time.
But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be.
‘To be what’? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving.
And that is what the world needs most
Thich Nhat Hanh
Moment after moment
A person’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment.
If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.
Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Samurai, later Buddhist priest, 1659 – 1719, Hagakure
And so our troubles begin
Our problems arise when we subordinate this moment to something else, our self-centered thoughts, not just his moment, but what I want.
We bring to the moment our personal priorities, all day long
And so our troubles begin
Charlotte Joko Beck
in this ordinary life
I had a similar encounter yesterday with swallows in Emo Park
There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life, just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet, this is where Heaven starts.
See within yourself, if you can find it.
I walked through the field in front of the house, lots of swallows flying, everywhere! Some very near me. It was magical.
We are already one, yet we know it not.
Thomas Merton
What to do
In sharp contrast to all this [current] self-seeking exceptionality, God works through the ordinary. Meister Eckhart gives us a word here:
“If you are doing anything special, you are not seeking God“
Maggie Ross, Silence, A User’s Guide
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