"The living moment is everything."
~D.H. Lawrence
There was chaos at No Wind Monastery. The monks were running scared and the cause of their fear was none other than the head abbot, Zen Master Blumise.
They all knew that the only monk who could help them in such desperate times was senior monk Tara, and the monks were running around frantically trying to find her.
Finally, a group located her sitting by the river enjoying the late afternoon sun.
"What's all this ruckus about?" she asked, rather alarmed at seeing a gang of anxious monks approaching her. "And why is one side of each of your faces red?" she continued, noticing the glowing redness on the left cheek of every monk.
"Master Blumise has lost his marbles," replied Chin. "He is running around the monastery asking everyone what time is it? And as soon as you tell him the time, he gives you one tight slap and moves on to the next victim. In fact, he has slapped monk Gzan twice today already, see both his cheeks are red!" Chin exclaimed, while pointing out Gzan's very red face."The old bugger is still pretty strong," muttered Gzan.
Just then a very irritated Master Blumise burst onto the scene.
"Tara!" he yelled, "What time is it?"
Tara looked up calmly, smiled and said, "The time is now, Master," and that was the end of that.
Master Blumise bowed deeply to his beloved student and left the now awakened congregation of monks to reflect on this right answer.
~Anmol Mehta
"Nothing ever happened in the past;
it happened in the Now.
Nothing will ever happen in the future;
it will happen in the Now."
~Eckhart Tolle
P.S: Ever so often we don't feel too good and we wonder why .........
One of the reasons could be the fact that we are either feeling bad about something that happened in the past.....or worrying about the future.
"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."said Abraham Maslow.
~D.H. Lawrence
Zen Master Blumise On A Whacking Spree
There was chaos at No Wind Monastery. The monks were running scared and the cause of their fear was none other than the head abbot, Zen Master Blumise.
They all knew that the only monk who could help them in such desperate times was senior monk Tara, and the monks were running around frantically trying to find her.
Finally, a group located her sitting by the river enjoying the late afternoon sun.
"What's all this ruckus about?" she asked, rather alarmed at seeing a gang of anxious monks approaching her. "And why is one side of each of your faces red?" she continued, noticing the glowing redness on the left cheek of every monk.
"Master Blumise has lost his marbles," replied Chin. "He is running around the monastery asking everyone what time is it? And as soon as you tell him the time, he gives you one tight slap and moves on to the next victim. In fact, he has slapped monk Gzan twice today already, see both his cheeks are red!" Chin exclaimed, while pointing out Gzan's very red face."The old bugger is still pretty strong," muttered Gzan.
Just then a very irritated Master Blumise burst onto the scene.
"Tara!" he yelled, "What time is it?"
Tara looked up calmly, smiled and said, "The time is now, Master," and that was the end of that.
Master Blumise bowed deeply to his beloved student and left the now awakened congregation of monks to reflect on this right answer.
~Anmol Mehta
"Nothing ever happened in the past;
it happened in the Now.
Nothing will ever happen in the future;
it will happen in the Now."
~Eckhart Tolle
P.S: Ever so often we don't feel too good and we wonder why .........
One of the reasons could be the fact that we are either feeling bad about something that happened in the past.....or worrying about the future.
"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."said Abraham Maslow.
Learning to be in the present moment requires mindfulness and practice.......and it is the best present that one can gift oneself.
Namaste,
Bhagya
Bhagya
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