Topic: What do you do for the rest of the day?

[erik]

...that question has come to my mind several times lately.

One Buddhist monk used to ask that question frequently: "You meditate for couple of hours every day, what do you do for the rest of the day?"

"Well", I said, "Go to work, read, write, do research".

"For whom or what purpose?", he persisted.

"One must make a living", I replied

"True", he laughed, "Very true!"

 That question came to my mind when I thought about the bigger Universe with all its organic and inorganic beings and creatures inside, and where all our consciousnesses go constantly through each other and overlap and influence each other.

Indeed: "What do you do for the rest of the day?"

[daphne]

Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

Ryokan

 

[Nick]

How many things do I do just to make myself feel as if I have achieved something?

This is the question I have been considering tonight. I know many of things I do are meant for more than that but often end up just that, esp. as they become habits.

 

[tommy2]

Once I got my Assemblage Point permanently relocated
each day was an accomplishment
because every thing had changed for me.

Everything.