My Zen Master said 239:
“TLC, Everyone! Tender Loving Care!” “Beautifully profound words, My Zen Master.” “Indeed, Everyone. Tender towards ourselves; Loving towards ourselves; Caring for ourselves. TLC for ourselves is number one; without it we cannot give TLC fully to others.” “Solid, My Zen Master!”
My Zen Master said 240:
“Today, Everyone, we will ponder the imponderable. Does that make sense?” “No, My Zen Master!” “Perhaps not right now, Everyone – but our pondering will open up the answer to the imponderable, I can assure you.” “Solid, My Zen Master!”
My Zen Master said 241:
“For some unknown reason, Everyone, Gene Kelly’s beautiful song ‘I’m SingingIn The Rain’ came into my head this morning. It wasn’t raining, so I don’t know why!” “That’s one of my favourites, My Zen Master. Would you like me to sing it to you?” “Indeed, Everyone! I would be delighted!” “Here goes, My Zen Master, […]
My Zen Master said 242:
“How do we see love, Everyone? How do we see love in others? Most importantly, how do we see love in ourselves and for ourselves?”
My Zen Master said 243:
“Love is a verb, Everyone!” I’m sure that I’ve read that somewhere else, I thought. Reading my mind, My Zen Master beamed! “Yes, borrowed, not stolen, Everyone! Love is a verb…a verb denotes movement, Everyone.” “Solid, My Zen Master! Solid!”
My Zen Master said 244:
“Come to the window, Everyone! See how still everything is. No breeze at all today after yesterday’s gale.” “It’s as still as an oil painting, My Zen Master.” “Yes, Everyone. But what we don’t see is the movement in absolutely everything.” “Movement?” “Everything is moving, Everyone. See the leaves on the trees. They look still, […]
My Zen master said 245:
“Each moment is the only moment, Everyone; I know I’m repeating myself, but this one is worth repeating!” “Solid, My Zen Master! Solid!”
My Zen Master said 246:
“The child, Everyone, is the father of the adult.” “Excuse me for being pedantic, My Zen Master, but the politically correct might be ‘the child is the parent of the adult’ – doesn’t have the same poetic ring though, does it!” We each roared with laughter!
My Zen Master said 247:
“Catching up, Everyone, that is our topic for pondering today.” “Could you explain a little more, My Zen Master?” “Whether it is nobler for the mind to rush and catch-up, or nobler to be still and except that what is, is.” “Very poetic, My Zen Master! Solid!”
My Zen Master said 248:
“The more we humans respect nature, Everyone, the more we realise we are nature, we are one with nature. Realising we are one with nature, will help us respect all nature, Everyone.” “Even the mosquitoes and rats, My Zen Master?” My Zen Master roared with laughter. “Yes, Everyone, even the mosquitoes and rats!”