*image by Ben Harubin

 

The first lesson in learning to awaken is:
Never take lessons from anyone not awake,
or from anyone who says that they are.

A man had a shop in which, for the merchandise he dealt in, he charged more
for that which had already been used than for that which was new.
Wanna guess what it is that he deals in? ...Come on, you should know --
you've been doing business with him all your life.

A guard rushed into the throne room, exclaiming, "A madman has holed up
in the castle's highest turret, and from that position is causing contention and
confusion throughout the kingdom."
But this was not news to some at the Court.

If your mind is not on what you're doing, two things are in place:
one is that you are not using your mind as best as is possible,
and the other is that what you're doing you're not doing as best as you're able.

 

Or simply put:
If your mind is not on what you're doing,
you're not enlightened and awake,
which is why you're never satisfied.

Life does not move at the tempo of man, but rather man to that of life's --
a fact life has chosen to withhold from man.