So I walked up after a training class and asked a Zen Master, why did the Buddha leave the woman he so deeply loved, he said this: the path of one is just that the path of one.
Then I asked why the Buddha turned his back on the established way to follow the path, this is what he said: the path of one is just that the path of one.
Again I asked this Master of Zen, why did the Buddha follow the path of one, this is what he said: the path of life is always the path of one, it may be crossed by many, with no regret and no remorse, for the path of one is the only path.
I think the Master saw the frustration on my face as to his answers, he put his hand on my shoulder and said this: Son, you must walk the path of your life, love who you are allowed to, hug who you are allowed to, be with who you are allowed to, share with who you are allowed to, live every moment of your life as it unfolds, question not as to why the change happens, but remember the moment that was as it was.
As he walked away he turned and with a smile, said so very softly: own your life, share your love, give your smiles with no thought, but above be true to your path, and walk slowly without hurry and remember there is joy in all things, but if you walk with your eyes closed, you will run into something, then he laughed as he left.
Like many Masters that I have had the chance to meet, I know full well I will never see this man again. Some of the others that were there came up to me and said that he never talks to anyone outside the training and wanted to know what he said to me. I kept what he said to me to myself; somehow it only seemed right at the time.
Now here is why I am telling you this: I don’t know most of you who may read this, and in the Zen world it is important to give, so I give to you his words, and I hope in some way they affect you as they did me.
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