Just preparing strawberries and nothing else

This weekend, while I was preparing some strawberries for lunch, my mother asked me if that was a moment of spirituality, because while I was doing it it seemed that I was thinking about life. I explained her that Zen does not mix spirituality with thinking about life or God or Buddha while we prepare strawberries. In Zen spirituality is just preparing strawberries and nothing else.

Eternal

Eternal is what lasts a split of a second, but that is experienced with such intensity that petrifies in your soul.

Past is to remember , not to live

Nothing can bring back the past. But many people , past is so alive in their minds , that instead of remembering it they live as if it was possible to bring it back. But nothing will bring back a time that is gone. Living in the past is not living. Life is now, in this moment.

Serenity is much more than being calm

Serenity is much more than being calm. Is to let negative feelings and emotions pass without cling to them. To better understand this concept, imagine life like a movie. If you press "pause" button to retain a negative event, you will lose the rest of your life. If we use too often the "rewind" button to experience these moments you tend to forget the present moment. Being calm is living above the present without dispersion, and without losing the focus of what you live in now.

Go slowly

You can practice a quieter life practicing slow motion. The arrival at home at the end of a working day is a great opportunity to do household chores more slowly, watching every move and experiencing mindfulness in every action. Go slowly and keep trying.

Finding the meaning

To find the meaning of life is to live life fully every step, every moment, every event, every day.

There are no shortcuts for Life

Everything that we live shapes us to be exactly what we need to be. Do not think we've lost time. There are no shortcuts for Life. Everything we experience is needed to lead us into the Now. And now is the right time to live!

Be like the light of the new day

Begin your day with this thoughts: Today, I'll be happy. Today, Ill have no fear. Today, I'll face myself. Today, I´ll be able to save me with all the intensity of my mind, heart, looking deeper inside me . The new day invites you to live it in a new way and without wasting. May the light of the new day guide you and act like the light that is projected in all that is happening.

Come on!

Today, I felt like I had to live this day with all the intensity and because it is not over yet, I continue to allow this day to be a day to remember!! Not alone, but with all of those who would like to share it with me. Come on! ;))

Don´t save life

Reap the day like a ripe fruit that tomorrow will be rotten. Life can not be saved for tomorrow because life only happens now!

A new year is coming

A new year is coming.
Many people are already planing...
Others prefer to cling to past memories.
Despite of the symbolism of the new year, it is important that we don´t crystallize in the past and not get lost in the future.
Past no longer exists, and future has not arrived yet.
Looking into Life as it is, here and now, is what keeps us balanced and free.

"Hope" here and now

Western civilization gives too much importance to "Hope", which ends up sacrificing the present moment.
"Hope" is an expectation, is for the future.
But "Hope" alone is not enough to help us discover the joy, peace and light in the present moment.
Living too much clinging on "Hope" can be an obstacle to the discovery of inner peace if that prevents us to channel positive energy into the present moment.
When we "Hope" in addition to channeling energy into an awareness of what is happening here and now , we discover within us and in this very moment, the joy and peace.

Living Here and Now is to be free to accept

Living here and now just is not living without thinking about the past or the future.
In the here and now also appear thoughts and emotions associated with past and the future.
Living in the here and now is to be free to look and accept these thoughts in the midst of everything else that exists right now, and watch serenely those thoughts and emotions as part of the experience of this very moment, without clinging to those emotions.