Zen

[Guest guest]

Remember, each moment, what you are accumulating--is it going to be

taken away by death? Then it is not worth bothering about. If it is

not going to be taken away by death, then even life can be sacrificed

for it--because one day or another life is going to disappear. Before

life disappears, use the opportunity to find that which never dies.

 

Be true to yourself, because your own truth can lead you to the

ultimate truth. Nobody else's truth can be your truth. You have a

seed within you. Only if that seed sprouts and becomes a tree will

you have a flowering; then you will have an ecstasy, a benediction.

But if you are following others that seed will remain dead. And you

may accumulate all the ideals in the world and become successful, but

you will feel empty, because nothing else can fill you--only your

seed, when it becomes a tree, will fill you. You will feel

fulfillment only when your truth has come to flower, never before.

 

The wise man is one who relaxes with the nature of things, who

follows the nature of things. And when you follow the nature of

things, no shadow is cast. There is no misery. Even sadness is

luminous then, even sadness has a beauty then. Not that sadness will

not come--it will come, but it will not be your enemy. You will

befriend it, because you will see its necessity. You will be able to

see its grace, and you will be able to see why it is there and why it

is needed.

[Guest guest]

I love this message! Thanks for posting it.

 

"Before

> life disappears, use the opportunity to find that which never

dies.

>

> Be true to yourself, because your own truth can lead you to the

> ultimate truth. Nobody else's truth can be your truth. You have a

> seed within you. Only if that seed sprouts and becomes a tree

will

> you have a flowering; then you will have an ecstasy, a

benediction.

> But if you are following others that seed will remain dead. And

you

> may accumulate all the ideals in the world and become

successful, but

> you will feel empty, because nothing else can fill you--only your

> seed, when it becomes a tree, will fill you. You will feel

> fulfillment only when your truth has come to flower, never

before.

> The wise man is one who relaxes with the nature of things,

who

> follows the nature of things. And when you follow the nature of

> things, no shadow is cast. There is no misery. Even sadness

is

> luminous then, even sadness has a beauty then. Not that

sadness will

> not come--it will come, but it will not be your enemy. You will

> befriend it, because you will see its necessity. You will be able

to

> see its grace, and you will be able to see why it is there and

why it

> is needed."