Tuesday, 15 November 2016

The Zen of the Tiger

Is the tiger aware of its size and power, like we are aware of our self? It is this awareness of ourselves that makes us feel powerful or weak. Is the tiger aware of its power, or is it simply built to kill and after successive successful kills has learned that it is powerful, unfailingly so? 

The room we are in

When we want, we are weak. Wanting is the root of fear, which i once thought to be the root of all things unpleasant. It is wanting, not fear, i realize now. But in life, as we all are animals, and so, instinctual more than just occasionally, and have people to take care of, we feel we have to want-- to get certain things to secure our lives and the present scenario, against forces yet unknown in the present and out of our hands. But wanting is not the solution. Moulding yourself to become worthy of your goal is the way to achieve it. You change yourself from within and that affects your surroundings, which change themselves, an effect of your internal change, into the kind of surrounding you want them to become. You are always at the same position in life-- you can only be you! The room you are in changes though. It keeps changing. It changes according the changes you accept within yourself.