1. Let go or be dragged. — Zen proverbs Few teachings are this simple or this honest. You can hold on and be dragged painfully through every change life brings. Or you can release. Not because letting go is easy, but because holding on often costs more than the thing you are holding is worth….
1. Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. — Zen proverbs This is perhaps the most famous of all Zen proverbs, and it is famous for very good reason. Enlightenment does not exempt you from the ordinary requirements of living. The laundry still needs washing. The work still needs doing….
1. Wherever you are, be the place. — Zen proverbs When you give your full attention to where you stand, life becomes simple again. The mind often wanders to somewhere better, somewhere else. Yet peace does not live in another place. It lives exactly where your feet are now. When you are fully here, nothing…
