Lessons

I am committed this week to not answering any of his calls...hope he doesn't pull a fast one and call from a blocked/private number.

I am reading a useful book of Zen Lessons, "The Art of Leadership", and one of these lessons provides a guide to Mastering the Mind.

Master Yuan said to Wuzu:

" Mind is the master of one body, the basis of myriad activities; if the mind is not perfectly enlightened, then delusions naturally arise.

Once delusions are born, perception of truth is not clear. When perception of truth is not clear, right and wrong are confused.

Therefore, in mastering the mind, one must seek perfect enlightenment.

When enlightened, the spirit is harmonious, the breath is quiet, the countenance is dignified, and the body is firm. Errant conceptions and emotional thinking all melt in the real mind. When you govern the mind this way, the mind will naturally be radiantly immaculate.

After this, if you guide people who are lost and confused, who would not follow the teaching?"

True Record of Fushan

Control of mind, leads to control of body and therefore control of total self...I will strive to live this.