The moment

All action comes down to this.

All change comes down to this.

All our life choices come down to this.

All understanding of fate and free-will come down to this.

 

The moment.

 

Look behind you. There is no past.

For it has already dissolved into nothingness

Look ahead. There is no future.

For the future is yet to arise from nothingness

All there is – is the moment

 

Keep your relaxed attention on the photo

The heart beat slows; the breathing calms down; your attention is full

Don’t judge. Don’t predict. Don’t decide. Don’t assume.

Don’t identify yourself with either of the dancers. Don’t take sides.

Just be with the picture.

Even if you look at it for an hour, it is still the moment.

 

 

“What happens next?”, you ask

The long answer of course is – Bruce Lee wins the fight! Hee.. hee..

But, what happens the next moment?

The short answer –a moment

 

“What happened before?”, you ask

A moment

 

“What all can possibly happen?”, you ask

A billion things can happen

Yet, only one thing happens

The next moment

 

“Predict and Plan your next course of action”, you say

Where is the time for that?

 

“Remember whatever you learnt”, you say

If you try to remember all of them, you will lose.

For, in the next moment, the fight ends.

Realizing this, the master empties his mind

 

“Seize the moment”, you say.

But you can’t. Only clocks exist. The moment doesn’t.

When you seize the clock, you miss the moment.

 

“Grasp the technique”, you say

There is nothing to grasp but the thought

Of victory or defeat

 

“Live in the moment“, you say.

But you can’t. Life is movement.

Of mind, will and body

There is no life in the moment

 

In the moment, you will drink from the wellspring, all potential.

In the moment, you will touch your mind unborn

Un-conditioned. Un-colored. Un-clouded. Un-defiled. Un-attached.

In the moment, there is direct insight of your nature and the nature of all things

In the moment, a destiny is fulfilled

And another destiny begins