Duet of One

A couple of days ago, the howl of winds outside my window startled me . A gusty wind storm was blowing. The dry leaves were dancing across the streets like sparrows do. The pine trees were swaying wildly and the window pane was quietly vibrating. I wondered who was putting up this show and for whom! Perhaps it was only me who was looking out of the window. The trees were not bothered, the roads, the sky , the building could not care less. So why was this happening and to what effect?It occurred to me that it was only a happening - not happening to anyone . That thought took me to another realm. Things do not happen to anyone- life, death. birth, suffering, happiness- they happen- only we take delivery unto ourselves and say it is happening to me! The wind was not blowing for anyone- it was just blowing. No one needs to be concerned since no one exists. And , by some strange coincidence , the Zen book(Ta- Mo's teachings) I'm reading had these lines: All that is Can wake you T...

Last week, on Thursday, we were at a Indian Grocery store and after that I could not trace my leather gloves. It has been a severe winter and without it it was a painful task to get out in the morning to dust off the snow from my car. This was the second pair that I had lost in the last months and each costs $20- so you can imagine my upset at being stupid enough to repeat the mistake. On Friday morning, I saw that the car windows were covered with frost but I went to work with the scrapper , wearing just the woolen gloves. Later I started the car, turned on the heater, locked the car with the engine running using a spare key and stepped back into the warmth of my home and for a cup of coffee. In ten minutes, I was on my way to work. After parking the car in the basement I picked up my laptop bag, lunch bag, another plastic carry bag containing some winter wear and both car keys. Having pocketed the keys, I walked up to the digital employee ID scanner which opened the door to the build...