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Clear Mary
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“One day, a very interesting thing happened at the races in Florida. There was a certain dog named Clear Mary. She was a very fast greyhound, and usually won her races. But Clear Mary was also a very clever dog. One afternoon, she ran out of the starting gate with the other dogs, as usual. The rabbit hummed around the track, and the dogs sped after it. Running, running, running, running–around, around, around, around. Every day, sometimes several times a day, these dogs did the same thing, over and over and over again. And today they were doing it again, as usual, chasing the electric rabbit.
But in the middle of the race, Clear Mary suddenly stopped. Many of the people in the grandstand stood up, fixating their binoculars on this dog. “What is happening?” they said. “What’s wrong with that dumb dog?” Some people had placed lots of bets on Clear Mary, so they were very angry. “Run! Run! You dumb dog! What’s wrong with you?”
But Clear Mary did not move for a few moments. She looked at the grandstand. She looked at the tails ends of the other dogs scampering around the bend. And she looked at the rabbit, whirring around the bend and over the other side of the oval track. Everything was completely still and silent for that moment at the races that day.
Suddenly, Clear Mary leapt over the guard rail that kept the dogs on the track. She sped straight across the big center infield like a flash. Leaping at just the right moment over the other guard rail, she caught the rabbit.”
-The Compassion Of Zen, Zen Master Seung Sahn
What are the chances you are like the dogs at the racetrack going around the same circle, chasing the same electric rabbit day after day? What can you learn from Clear Mary? See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC |
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I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.
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