River Water for Sale
The Master’s sermon that day consisted
of one enigmatic sentence.
With a wry smile he said “All I do is
sit by the bank of the river,
selling river water.”
I was so busy buying the water that I failed to see the river
River Water for Sale
The Master’s sermon that day consisted
of one enigmatic sentence.
With a wry smile he said “All I do is
sit by the bank of the river,
selling river water.”
I was so busy buying the water that I failed to see the river
How one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it? …And what beautiful things there are at every step, that even the most hopeless man must feel to be beautiful! Look at a child! Look at a sunrise! Look at the grass, how it grows! Look at the eyes that gaze at you and love you!…
– The Idiot - Dostoyevski
The price you pay for other people’s respect
is conformity
is conformity
You are not an observer, you are a participant
– Thich Nhat Hanh
In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in his cosmic loneliness.
And God said, “Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud can see what We have done.” And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close to mud as man sat, looked around, and spoke. “What is the purpose of all this?” he asked politely.
“Everything must have a purpose?” asked God.
“Certainly,” said man.
“Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this,” said God.
And He went away.
– Kurt Vonnegut
Meditation techniques often involve concentration and focus. This can be a distraction in itself. There is no goal to attain, nothing to acheive, no emptying of the mind, simply awareness without thought or judgement.
A calm sea never made a skillful sailor.
