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ZenLefty

(20,924 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:50 PM Jan 2012

Walk the Earth, like Caine in Kung Fu

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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Walk the Earth, like Caine in Kung Fu (Original Post) ZenLefty Jan 2012 OP
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

ret5hd

(20,433 posts)
1. me too, but i haven't learned that really cool slo-mo stuff yet.
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 06:05 PM
Jan 2012

every time i try it i just get punched.

but seriously...nice insight.

YankeyMCC

(8,401 posts)
2. Huang-po Hsi-Yun...
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 09:00 PM
Jan 2012

addressed his assembly and said: "You are all eaters of brewer's dregs. If you go about on pilgrimage as you do, when can you meet today?"

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
3. Recently my brother in law came to visit from Thailand
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:31 PM
Jan 2012

He is about 60 and is retired from being a translater for the embassy in the US (he is 100% Thai).


After a few days he surprised us saying that he wanted to spend a week living like a homeless guy on the beach going from San Diego to Los Angeles.

A week later he came back and loved the experience.


For the surprise twist in the story look below.







































He is a devout Muslim.

Spacemom

(2,561 posts)
5. Your post reminds me
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 02:15 AM
Jan 2012

Something I always remind myself.

What do you do before enlightenment?
Chop wood, carry water.

What do you do after enlightenment?
Chop wood, carry water.

Ruby Reason

(242 posts)
6. Be in the moment.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:14 AM
Jan 2012

You are on your pilgrimage. I am on mine. Now as we talk, as we walk, but it is that silent wisdom and selfless acts in the here and now of my pilgrimage that I have trouble wrapping my head around.

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