Global Warming provides the paradigm for the social, economic and environmental damage we see around us. The trip to Global Warming is through Climate Change with increasingly radical, unpredictable and damaging weather patterns.
Coping with it all can be a major challenge, but there is a pathway we can follow, one that has been charted and followed for milennia by Zen Monks.
Fortunately, there is no need to renounce the world and become a monk in order to benefit from what they have learned.
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According to the Zen Habits website ( http://www.zenhabits.net/2008/03/12-essential-rules-to-live-more-like-a-zen-monk/) these are twelve habits of Zen monks:. .
1. Do one thing at a time.
2. Do it slowly and deliberately.
3. Do it completely.
4. Do less.
5. Put space between things
6. Develop rituals .
7. Designate time for certain things.
8. Devote time to sitting.
9. Smile and serve others.
2. Do it slowly and deliberately.
3. Do it completely.
4. Do less.
5. Put space between things
6. Develop rituals .
7. Designate time for certain things.
8. Devote time to sitting.
9. Smile and serve others.
10. Make cleaning and cooking become meditation.
11. Think about what is necessary.
12. Live simply.
These are not easy to practice in our internet world, filled with all the demands of multi-tasking, which does not seem to simplify one's life. (It certainly can become a ritual, though.) 11. Think about what is necessary.
12. Live simply.
Wishing You A Happy And More Peaceful New Year!
7 comments:
I really like this comment, especially number eight. I'd like to use this on my depression blog. Two questions
1) May I?
2) Do I give credit to you, the zen website, or both?
Thanks
Darrel
www.hopefordepression.blogspot.com
Hi Darrel, glad you enjoyed this.
The answers to your questions are:
1. Yes you may use any or all parts of this.
2. Credit the Zen Habits website, they encourage people to disseminate their material.
Best Wishes for 2009,
Barry
This was very nice ... and thank you for the link. It's true ... those 12 tips aren't easy to practice but ... they definitely make our lives better. I needed that reminder!
Here's wishing you and your family much happiness in the new year!
Small Footprints
http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com
Many thanks Small Footprints,
And let me wish you and your family much happiness in the new year as well!
sometimes, i find it so amazing that we actually have more when we do less. :) are you also into zen? do you sit?
Sadly no, Kikit.
My wife and I practiced yoga for ten years, until her arthritis got so bad she couldn't continue.
Zen interests me though.
How about you?
it was last year when i got interested in zen. i tried to attend a zen meditation session twice, read a book and surfed the net about it. but eventually, i gave it up. i was probably looking for someone to sit with, someone who would encourage and guide me. although i'm currently in japan, it's difficult to find someone who's into that. and besides, my japanese isn't fluent. as you know, zen uses deep words. my vocabulary is too limited.
like you, i really like it and i hope i can explore it one day. :)
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