Monday, October 22, 2007

When entering my car today, I came up with this Haiku:

Entering this car
What will happen once inside?
Destination: where?


Or some derivation of that. This comes after listening to an episode of a very interesting podcast called Zencast. You can check out the backlog of episodes here. Each episode is basically a lecture on Zen. The episode in question is #123, "Calling Yourself" with Norm Fischer. The general idea is that at any moment in the day, you can bring your attention back to yourself instead of whatever's "distracting" you from you. Also, any moment of the day can be a spiritual one if you keep mindful. This includes realizing that every action you make, with your mind, body, or anything else, changes the future. You never know what will happen after you're doing the thing you're doing at the moment. And realizing that can be a very good thing.