A famous general who had won many wars in battle decided to retire. After a few years of reading about Buddhism, he concluded he would become a monk. Many people who knew him in his previous life were shocked by his decision. When they asked him why he had changed so radically his views of the world, he simply replied: “Your mind is clear like a mirror. It does not take and it does not retain. However, when red appears, it reflects red; when blue appears, it reflects blue. Moment by moment, is your mind clear like that?”
As you move about in your life, do you take and retain? Do you attach to the past or the future? Do you reflect every moment so you can act now? Is your heart clear so you can help all beings?
Try This Meditation:
- Moment by moment, notice. What kind of attachment is stopping you from becoming what you want to be?
- Breathing in, breathing out, look at your attachments to the past or the future. Do you have regrets? Is the fear of the future getting in your way?
- Moment by moment, keep a mind clear like the sky. Whoever you want to be, start now, moment by moment, just do it.
Juan Velasco