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Buddhism

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ZenLefty

(20,924 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 04:50 PM Jan 2012

Walk the Earth, like Caine in Kung Fu [View all]

There are days I could abandon it all. The day job, the house, the gym, just walk away from it all. I'd grab my jo stick and just walk the Earth, like Caine in Kung Fu. Walk from place to place, meet people, get into adventures. I'd go from town to town and, with silent wisdom and selfless acts, make the wrong things right and stand up for those who can't help themselves. I'd bring karma with every footstep. Maybe I'd have flashbacks where people call me 'grasshopper'. I wouldn't stay long in one place. I'd do what I do and, when Buddha tells me, move on.

Recently, I realized something. When I go to work, when I go to the gym, when I go grocery shopping and when I go home, I'm already walking the Earth. Just like Caine.

There's my little Buddhist moment. I have one once in a while.

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me too, but i haven't learned that really cool slo-mo stuff yet. ret5hd Jan 2012 #1
Huang-po Hsi-Yun... YankeyMCC Jan 2012 #2
Recently my brother in law came to visit from Thailand grantcart Jan 2012 #3
Voice of the Beehive - I Walk the Earth Fozzledick Jan 2012 #4
Your post reminds me Spacemom Jan 2012 #5
Be in the moment. Ruby Reason Jan 2012 #6
Welcome to DU! ellisonz Jan 2012 #7
Thank you! Ruby Reason Jan 2012 #8
You can see post count... ellisonz Jan 2012 #9
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