Thursday, January 20, 2005

Reflection-Momentum-Doing the Opposite

Running away to come back with a bang! (Ya, Ya, I need not tell you...should I?....that it is a paradox)

BTW, I also got to know that Zen is all about paradoxes! Which reminds me that I should be catching up with that book - Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance!

A Thought for the Day From Sri Eknath Easwaran
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January 18

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest
acts. This is the secret of success. - Swami Sivananda


One of the practical reasons for meditating is to tap its power
to solve problems that come up throughout the day. It is very
much like getting momentum in a track event. While watching the
Olympics on television for the first time, I was surprised to see
how far back some the athletes went to get a running start. In
the pole vault one chap walked up to the bar, then turned around
and strode so far back that I thought he had decided to go
home. If you didn't know about the pole vault you might think,
"What's the matter with this fellow? Instead of competing, he's
running away." He's not running away; he's going back to get the
momentum he needs for a really big jump. That is the purpose of
meditation, too. Instead of getting out of bed and plunging
directly into life's maelstrom unprepared, you sit down for a
half hour in meditation to get a good start. Then when you go
out into the world, you have a good reserve of energy and
security on which to draw.

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