Is there something that you are waiting to do?? A relationship..A project..A business....what are you waiting for???? There is one simple thing wrong with you – you think you have plenty of time… If you don’t think your life is going to last forever, what are you waiting for ? Why the hesitation to change? You don’t have time for this display, you fool. This, whatever you’re doing now, may be your last act on earth. It may very well be your last battle. There is no power which could guarantee that you are going to live one more minute. So this another version of the “timeless” reminder that time is brief and that we should make good of the time we have. It would be earth-shattering to say, truthfully, that we don’t have time. But it’s essentially false. “Unindicated and unknown is the length of life of those subject to death.” (Source) “Those who have come to be, those who will be: All will go, leaving the body behind. The skillful person, realizing the loss of all, should live the holy life ardently.” (Source) “I have reckoned the life of a person living for 100 years: I have reckoned the life span, reckoned the seasons, reckoned the years, reckoned the months, reckoned the fortnights, reckoned the nights, reckoned the days, reckoned the meals, reckoned the obstacles to eating. Whatever a teacher should do — seeking the welfare of his disciples, out of sympathy for them — that have I done for you. Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana, monks. Don’t be heedless. Don’t later fall into regret. This is our message to you all.” (Source) Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span. For one swept to old age no shelters exist. Perceiving this danger in death, one should drop the world’s bait and look for peace. (Source)
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:38:22 +0000
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