Living the Zen Life

Then it’s gone

Then it’s gone

Then it’s gone


“…form is emptiness, emptiness is form;
emptiness is not separate from form,
form is not separate from emptiness;
whatever is form is emptiness,
whatever is emptiness is form.”

—Excerpted from The Heart Sutra (translated by Red Pine)
 

N

othing is permanent. If you pause for too long, you’ll miss it.

There is no foreground and no background. There is nothing to leave and no destination. Therefore no transition. Nothing superfluous. Nothing insignificant or unworthy of your attention.

The Zen view in architecture is a window placed in a hallway or stairwell in which the glorious spectacle is visible only in passing. You can’t stand there and take it in for as long as you’d like. It’s in sight and then it’s gone.

Like an entire lifetime. There in a moment.
 

In lovingkindness,


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  Alex Mill trained in a Zen Buddhist monastery for nearly 14 years. He now offers his extensive experience to transform people’s lives and businesses through timeless Zen principles.

He is the creator of three powerful 30-day programs, Heart-to-Heart: Compassionate Self-Mentoring, Help Yourself to Change, and Your Practice, as well as the online Zen meditation workshop, Taming Your Inner Noise (now offered as The Zen Workshop).

Alex has also written seven books on Zen awareness practice. The latest are entitled A Shift to Love: Zen Stories and Lessons (Get some FREE sample chapters here) and the 3-book series Living the Zen Life: Practicing Conscious, Compassionate Awareness.

He is a full-time Zen Life Coach who offers guidance and life-changing support to his private clients worldwide. Book a call.