All activities are equalized, there is no preference, no discrimination. In a way, you are a victim, a slave - the wood chops you and the water carries you, and there is no way to escape…After Enlightenment, you are in harmony with the universe…so you see that there is nothing more important than chopping wood and carrying water. You bear with these activities through habit and out of hopelessness, but you really wish you could do something else. “Before Enlightenment…You chop wood and carry water, but secretly wish to get out of it all.Do you choose to see burden or beauty? Are you focused on presence or productivity? If you are able to master your mind, you will find the extraordinary in the ordinary-the magic in the mundane (a tip from how to get started with slow living). Mastering your mind allows you to appreciate the extraordinary miracles in ordinary daily life.Ĭhopping wood and carrying water are not glamorous activities, especially during the time these stories/quotes were written. The entire civilization is losing itself in doing that is not rooted in Being and thus becomes futile.”Ģ. If you are in the grip of the ego, you believe that by doing more and more you will eventually accumulate enough ‘doings’ to make yourself feel complete at some point in the future. The ego knows nothing of being but believes you will eventually be saved by doing.
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