Summer 2010

From the second Sunday of June through the first Sunday after Labor Day the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale enjoys a summer holiday from formal activities.

A daily quote keeps members and friends in a thoughtful state of mind, as well as engaged in meaningful reflection.

If a particular quote inspires you, please leave an appropriate comment. In this fashion, though we won't be meeting face to face, we can engage in a virtual conversation.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Alan W. Watts

To arrive at reality--"suchness"--is to go beyond karma, beyond consequential action and to enter a life which is completely aimless. Yet to Zen and Taoism alike this is the very life of the universe, which is complete at every moment and does not need to justify itself by aiming at something beyond. In the words of a Zenrin poem:

If you don't believe, jut look at September, look at October!
The yellow leaves falling, falling, fill both the mountain and river.

from The Way of Zen
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