Pure Mountain Tao

The teachings of Buddha and Lao-Tzu are not fruits. They are seeds. It takes a dedication to practice, patience, and perseverance to grow trees out of seeds.

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The mind should be as a mirror –Zen saying

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Do you find your days full of anxiety and stress? Are your nights sleepless as you replay the events and anger you felt that day? This my friends is not the path to serenity. Anger and stress are not external things. You cannot physically touch them. They are our own internal responses to events that happen to us. The chances are good that they are not even direct responses, but just conditioned reactions that we have been repeating again and again, usually without thinking. The good news is that you can end those repetitive patterns with meditation. Observing the emotions and thoughts of the day and then contemplating whether they were fruitful or not, and then acting to stop those which are not is what we need to do to achieve harmony and bliss. Meditation quiets the mind, stilling the waters and stopping the endless churning that creates discord.