Totally present

Reading from Wednesday, July 24, 2013 yoga class

I was talking with my friend Becky the other day about being present.  I told her that the only time that I am TOTALLY present, is when I teach yoga... I couldn't teach any other way... you would know I was an imposter.  :)  So... a couple of things I ran across that have been accumulating on my desk:

"I had a discussion with a great master in Japan, and we were talking about the various people who are working to translate the Zen books into English, and he said, "That's a waste of time.  If you really understand Zen...you can use any book.  You could use the Bible.  You could use Alice in Wonderland.  You could use the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation."
                                                                                                                   Alan Watts

"If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present."
                                                           Lao Tzu