The Zen of the Samurai

(Staying Present)

Yesterday is Gone
Tomorrow is the Future,
But Now We Live

As legendary as the Japanese Samurai’s combat and weapon skills were perhaps their most impressive strength was their mind. Zen meditation techniques gave them a mental resolve enemies found hard to equal.

The Samurai also practised techniques that allowed them to totally focus on the now. They would eliminate future thinking and be absorbed in the present (which they had some degree of control over).

They sought to clear all distractions.

In our own lives maybe we spend too much time regretting past mistakes or striving for future accomplishments.

Better surely to live and do our best in the present.

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