For this week’s meditation on how to just be, we turn an ear to Robert Linssen, author of Living Zen, who writes…
Being incapable of conjugating the verb “to be,” we conjugate instead the verb “to have.” But as the verb “to have” can lead us nowhere for nothing lasting can be acquired, we seek indefinitely “to have more.” Such is the source of our enslavement.
Biting into this one is like biting into a lemon, isn’t it?
Embrace a moment right now and start centering yourself by taking three long, slow deep breaths.
Take those long, slow deep breathes before reading the rest of this post.
Now, ask yourself which is more important, “to be” calm and centered and at peace as you are right now, in this moment, or to spend your life running around like a chicken with its head cut off, constantly over-working, over-wanting, and over-striving “to have” more.
To be just in this moment, right now.
It’s better, isn’t it?
Ha!
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