The other day we were in the car heading to a music festival on an
overcast afternoon. At my saying that I hoped there would be no
rain until after the festival, everyone in the car reacted as if I
had just personally signed the rain warrant for the
afternoon. "Great!" they said. "Now its DEFINETELY gonna rain!
Keep your mouth shut next time!"
The same thing holds true for sports games. If you "chirp," or say
aloud to everyone in the room something along the lines of, "there's
no way the home team can lose at this point in the game," then do
not be surprised when the visiting team comes back to win by a
miracle and everyone in the room acts like you were
responsible. "Why'd you have to say that?! Way to lose the game
for the home team!"
There are so many everyday sayings that are like little koans we say
to each other.
"There's nothing to it but to do it,"
"practice makes perfect,"
"it takes one to know one,"
"a day's work is never done," and
"a rolling stone gathers no moss,"
are just a few that I can
think of right now. Maybe their proverbial/koanic quality is why we
say them to each other and why they have held their popularity.
I understand that these sayings might be regional to where I am in
Baltimore, USA; does anyone know of any modern zen sayings that may
not be within my scope of region? Can anyone suggest some more
modern zen sayings that I missed?
Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi
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