Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Daily Meditation:

If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion. - Lin-Chi
This is a good extension of the wonderment of the ordinary. Looking closely at those things that are overlooked and small and ordinary we do see the delight the wonder the universe within them unfolding.
Reminded of the flower. Looking at the flower we see the flower. We see what we have been taught to perceive about the flower, then it is not really the flower we are seeing. It is said we have to removed from ourselves the perception or the idea of the flower and see it fresh and whole for the first time. See the wonder of smallest of things. Easy for me to dismiss the flower. To see it but not see it. Too miss the beauty in everyday life.
It is the ordinary that is sacred. Where is that saying, the sacred and the profane?

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