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The Universe is infinite
It's nice to be deep and it's nice to be simple. The universe is infinite.
I'm now forcing myself to write something deep. I remembered something the hardcore Zen man once said on his Blog: How could you be perfect if you're not also, imperfect? Something like that anyway. It's kinda clever I think.
Most people who are interested in Zen think that it's a way to becoming perfect and whole. Me included. When actually it's a way of realizing we're perfect and imperfect at the same time. We're the entire universe and also a little speck. I am a little ant and I'm not a little ant. Another quote from a Zen book I read, "The Iron Cow Of Zen", compares this to that picture of an old lady who also is a young girl, depending on how you look at the picture. The trick, says the Zen Blog man, is to see both at the same time. I think in Japan, the old lady is emphasized, which means that people's imperfections aren't taken into consideration and as a result people are forced to work as if they didn't have bodies and limitations. The boss of our company once said, "If you do this, you'll never get tired!" Humans get tired though, there's no way around it. Just as humans get sick and no amount of vitamins can prevent it. I think it's a healthy way of thinking, this Zen. Aha! You see, that's how far I've got - it's still just a way of thinking! But actually, I've started sitting again every night. I'd kind of stopped since starting my new job, but I'm back in Zen form again...Everytime I sit I think, "Yup, I want to be a Zen monk". And then I think, "Stop thinking you want to be a Zen monk and count your breaths!"
I'm off for the next three days and LA is now ten days away...
"How many people ride a buggy?"
posted by PA on Thursday, February 10, 2005
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