Day 86

10:00 AM

"What you are shouts so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say..."

                                                                                            Emmerson

What is primary in life, in one's behaviour...? We have it backwards, not wrong, but backwards... Positive thinking, education, human relations, speech, motivation, right living... A lot of people put great emphasis on these strategies, and they should, because they are very beneficial, in fact most of the time they are essential for success. No mistake about it... However, we are making a mistake because we think that this is primary in our life. It is great, by all means, but it is secondary... Secondary greatness...
Primary is who you are... What you really are is what shouts louder than anything you say or do. The character is primary, your true self, the inside. We use right speech, right motivation, compassion, love.We observe our thoughts and habitual way of life. Follow the breath...
Who...? Who is the observer...? What is that "thing" following the breath...? Zen masters say you step outside of yourself and you see yourself in a different light. Who steps out of the self...? This is primary... This is the answer to everything...


2:00 PM

Don't perceive... Just don't... It's not what it looks like... You don't know... You just think you do...


11:00 PM

86 days... 86 classes... 86 battles one...