January 2012
The Present Moment
thetravelersinn:
One of our human absurdities is the fact that we’re constantly thinking about either the future or the past. Those who are young think of the future because they’ve got more of it. Those who are older think more about the past because, for them, there is more of it. But in order to experience life, we have to live each moment.
Ayya Khema, Being Nobody Going Nowhere
It would...
“God and love are always lost in the translation.”
– Book of Zen: Koan 149
“Es un dolor extraño. Morir de nostalgia por algo que no vivirás nunca.”
– Fragmento de Seda, Alessandro Baricco
“A cold rain starting
And no hat —
So?”
– Matsuo Basho
