live the 4 seasons in a day ( 02 nov 06 thu)

Is it not essential that there should be a constant renewal, a rebirth? If thepresent is burdened with the experience of yesterday there can be no renewal.Renewal is not the action of birth and death; it is beyond the opposites; onlyfreedom from the accumulation of memory brings renewal, and there is nounderstanding save in the present.The mind can understand the present only if it does not compare, judge; the desireto alter or condemn the present without understanding it gives continuance to thepast. Only in comprehending the reflection of the past in the mirror of the present,without distortion, is there renewal.If you have lived an experience fully, completely, have you not found that it leavesno traces behind? It is only the incomplete experiences that leave their mark,giving continuity to self-identified memory. We consider the present as a means toan end, so the present loses its immense significance. The present is the eternal.But how can a mind that is made up, put together, understand that which is not puttogether, which is beyond all value, the eternal?As each experience arises, live it out as fully and deeply as possible; think itout, feel it out extensively and profoundly; be aware of its pain and pleasure, ofyour judgments and identifications. Only when experience is completed is there arenewal. We must be capable of living the four seasons in a day; to be keenly aware,to experience, to understand and be free of the gatherings of each day.The Book of Life - November 2