To conquer the mind, you must know
the soul. To know the soul, you must be silent. To know silence, you must just
be.
Just
being may appear to be difficult. But it is not. And to keep it simple and
silly, just as it sounds, don't try to be. Just be. In Zen Buddhist practice, there’s this
concept called 'zazen'. It invites the seeker to simply sit, opening the hand
of thought__which means drop judgment, let words, actions, events just unfold.
A friend who is going through a troubled marriage was advised by her other
friend to just be an observer and not be involved emotionally in the actions of
her estranged spouse. I believe she was getting the most valuable advice. How
can I be an observer when my world is falling apart, you may wonder? What else
can you do? By trying to control the uncontrollable__Life__you are subjecting
yourself to trauma. The suffering comes from this desire to control. Instead be
detached. The essence of detachment lies in being. Not doing. Not becoming.
Just being.
Osho
says it profoundly, "There is nothing to become. You are already that, it
is already the case. Stop running after shadows. Sit silently and be. Sitting silently, doing nothing, the
spring comes and the grass grows by itself." What a beautiful perspective. Try and get some ‘zazen’ into
your day today!
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