Sometimes it happens that you become whole. This is a rare moment. Look at the ocean, at its infinite power –and suddenly you will forget about your duality, about your schizophrenia: you will relax. Or, trekking in the Himalayas, looking at the virgin snow on the tops of the mountains, you will suddenly be surrounded by coolness, and you won’t have to lie, because there will be no one to lie to. You will become completely whole. Or, listening to beautiful music, you will become whole, too.
Whenever it happens, in any situation when you become whole – you are surrounded and exude peace, happiness and bliss. You will feel complete.
No need to specifically wait for these moments –they might become your natural state. These extraordinary moments can become completely ordinary for you – that is the whole power of Zen. You can live an unusual life in a very ordinary life: cutting trees, chopping wood, carrying water from a well – you can still be in perfect harmony with yourself. When you wash the floors, cook dinner, wash your clothes – you can feel very light, because the whole point is to do everything full on, by enjoying and admiring it.
This man, walking around the forest, shows us that beauty can be found in simple, ordinary things of life. We so frivolously accept this beautiful world in which we live –we take it for granted. Cleaning the house, gardening, cooking –the most earthly and common things become divine when you invest in them all of yourself, all the fullness of love, when you do those tasksfor the sake of the process, without thinking about recognition or rewards.
Right now, you are going through a period when this simple, natural and completely ordinary approach to the situations you are facing will bring you much better results than any of your attempts to be memorable, original or different. Stop putting wool over other people's eyes or try to impress friends and colleagues with your unique qualities. Take everything lightly and simply – this will be that special gift you can offer others.