Once a Master said to his disciples: If you utter a word - thirty blows of my stick for you, but if you utter no words just the same, thirty blows of my stick
Now - SPEAK. SPEAK!
One disciple came forward and when he was about to bow before the Master he was struck
The disciple protested: I have not uttered a single word and neither did you allow me not to utter. Why the striking ?
The Master laughed and said, If I wait for you and your speech or your silence.. it is too late and life cannot wait!
Now - SPEAK. SPEAK!
One disciple came forward and when he was about to bow before the Master he was struck
The disciple protested: I have not uttered a single word and neither did you allow me not to utter. Why the striking ?
The Master laughed and said, If I wait for you and your speech or your silence.. it is too late and life cannot wait!
Life goes on flowing. It does not wait. But mind thinks and therefore takes time. To exist, no time is needed, but to think - time is necessary Really there is no time existence. it appears only because of the mind and its thinking. Existence exists not in time but in eternity. It exists in the eternal now. There is neither past nor future. But only the present - or not even that because without the past and future it is meaningless to call it present. Do not live through the mind, you will always lag behind. Because life never waits for you and your so-called mind that is why the mind always feels as if something is missing - because it is missing life itself - and always!
