Time
If we have…presence of mind then whatever work we do will be the very tool which enables us to know right and wrong continually. There’s plenty of time to meditate, we just don’t fully understand the practice, that’s all. While sleeping we breathe, eating we breathe, don’t we? Why don’t we have time to meditate? Wherever we are we breathe. If we think like this then our life has as much value as our breath, wherever we are we have time. -Ajahn Chah, “Taste of Freedom”
Due to my rather unpleasant work schedule, I find myself saying to myself, I don’t have time to (insert subject here). I really don’t like saying it and I try to be mindful of it. The reason I am mindful of it is because of the above quote. Meditation is breathing, so there’s no excuse for not being able to accomplish it.
I stumbled upon this quote purely on accident. I’ve not actually read “Taste of Freedom”, although I am familiar with the man as an influential and revered master of meditation. He’s actually Lao, I think but lived in Thailand. Think I’m going to go pick up Taste of Freedom next week after that paycheck thing happens.
Speaking of which. I think I should be getting a raise soon, we had our performance appraisals already. I need to discuss that with someone. I scored well hehe. I need a new CPU for my machine, literally, I want a dual core processor for Age of Conan. Which by the way is good. If any of you play MMORPGs, Age of Conan isn’t a bad game at all. It’s very unique with the fighting system. Not boring at all.
