The Path

The Path is simply to be who we are, to be able to recognize what is the most appropriate for us in Life.
It is to be gratefull for being alive and willing to live reality as it is.
It is learning to live and learning to die.
Dying for the differences and mind conceptualizations.
It is to accept what each moment has to offer, and nourish ourselves with all the ingredients that Life gives us.

Healthy Ego

The Zen way is not intended to eradicate ego.
It aims primarily to help us to deal with it.
We must have a healthy relationship with our ego.
That alone is enough.
It is a mistake to think that we need to remove ego.
We should have a healthy ego that does not enslave us.

All reality is relative

We must remember that all reality is relative.
There is my reality and the reality of the others.
When we remove these "my" , "the others" that work like mind filters , mind ceases to qualify and label reality as true, false, right or wrong.
When that happens there is nothing more than than the serenity of the understanding.

Direct your thoughts to hapiness

Happiness is not somewhere in the future.
Happiness is in the present, where and when we are.
Direct your thoughts to hapiness.
Happiness is not a closed paradise,separate from the world.
It is at the same time, the source and the ocean.
There is no happiness without the will to be happy.

To be a Master

Being a Master is for those who teach while they learn and learn while they teach. Being a Master is only available to those who know how to live in this permanent exchange at all times and in all their relationships.

It is impossible to be more Zen than a child

A couple of minutes ago I was walking on the street when I heard a mother explaining to her 5-6 years old child why trees are leafless in the winter.
In an outburst that mother told the kid that the trees in winter, without leaves, are uglier.
The child stared at her and told her something like this:
"But without leaves we can see the sky much better."
I could not help smiling and thinking:
It is impossible to be more Zen than a child.

The insidious self violence

One of the most insidious form of violence is self violence.
I refer to people who are violent to themselves.
Who are they?
Those that keep thinkig about the same thing for days.
Those who do not have time for anything but work.
Those who do not think in themselves but always and only in the other.
Those who worry too much.
Those who want everything perfect.
Those who do not get the luxury of a rest.
That is, those who fail to Live ...