A Quote by Chan Chih on now and authenticity
Do not carry the burden of the past; do not live in the future.
The only important thing is that one lives in the present authentically
and fully.
Whatever your current life is, be the most you can be by living in the
moment.
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Yes, well, ok, past gone, still it find inroads to plage us so.
Future down the track a ways. Be there in due course. What shape might it take for us ?
We have come from here and are going to there.
In the mean time, we are here.
The here and now.
A most important place in our lives.
Presence of mind. Sensuously engaged in the just suchness of now.
Please excuse me. Feel i am missing some thing.
This relates with the Lao Tzu quote and this Epictetus quote. Some aspects of Buddhism, Daoism, and Stoicism are very similar in how they emphasize an accepting attitude when it comes to change, how they relate to time and the present.
“Whatever your current life is, be the most you can be by living in the moment.” ~ Chan Chih
“Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.” ~ Lao Tzu
“For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well. The choice of the cast is Another's.” ~ Epictetus