“There is a Zen story about a man riding a horse that is galloping very quickly. Another man, standing alongside the road, yells at him, "Where are you going?" and the man on the horse yells back, "I don't know. Ask the horse." I think that is our situation. We are riding many horses that we cannot control.”
And once again, the 3 minute presentation taught me many interesting things. One, relevant to this post, was a lot can be done in a mindful 3 minutes. Without haste.
Most of us have a troubled relationship with time. Thanks to our societal conditioning and fear based culture. But at some point in our journey learning takes precedence over everything else. And we make that personal choice to slow down. A point where we really start to live our lives!
Even with awareness it's hard. It's easy to get sucked into this culture. Very few role models around. It helps to hold on to teachings of wiser souls. Thich Naht Hanh is great. You should also consider exploring J Krishnamurtis works. I am reading his collection of talks "Think on these Things", and loving it!
JK is genius. I am a BIG fan. But it requires a lot of awareness to understand and relate to his ideologies. And even LOT of courage to apply it to one's life to experience the shift that most only long for.
Super insightful
Thanks JJ.
This post reminds me of the zen story of a horse and it's rider.
Most of us keep running, because we have forgotten to walk !!
Haha, I love that story. Pasting it here.
“There is a Zen story about a man riding a horse that is galloping very quickly. Another man, standing alongside the road, yells at him, "Where are you going?" and the man on the horse yells back, "I don't know. Ask the horse." I think that is our situation. We are riding many horses that we cannot control.”
Excellent post Arvind. Unthinking speed aka frenzy usually doesn’t lead to good outcomes
Thanks, Sukumar.
And once again, the 3 minute presentation taught me many interesting things. One, relevant to this post, was a lot can be done in a mindful 3 minutes. Without haste.
Most of us have a troubled relationship with time. Thanks to our societal conditioning and fear based culture. But at some point in our journey learning takes precedence over everything else. And we make that personal choice to slow down. A point where we really start to live our lives!
Beautiful.
As you point it, it unfortunately is a psychological and cultural problem. And can only be solved by awareness.
Even with awareness it's hard. It's easy to get sucked into this culture. Very few role models around. It helps to hold on to teachings of wiser souls. Thich Naht Hanh is great. You should also consider exploring J Krishnamurtis works. I am reading his collection of talks "Think on these Things", and loving it!
A friend of mine went to KFI and they recommended a few of JK's works. Definitely interesting and provoking stuff.
JK is genius. I am a BIG fan. But it requires a lot of awareness to understand and relate to his ideologies. And even LOT of courage to apply it to one's life to experience the shift that most only long for.