To be or not to be, attached and detached

 

Do you know why the earth is shaped like a globe? So that you can kick it and it will roll away! 


From the moment you wake up in the morning, you are always with people, and your mind is caught up in worldly thoughts. So sometime during the day, sit for a few minutes, get into the cave of your heart, close your eyes, and kick the world away like a ball. But as soon as you open your eyes, hold onto the ball because you need to kick it again in the next session. 


During the day be one hundred percent attached to your work; do not try to detach yourself. But when you sit for meditation, then totally detach yourself. Only those who can be totally detached can take total responsibility. 


Eventually you will be able to be both attached and detached simultaneously. Kick the ball and be in the goal. This is the art of living, the skill of living.