creating an entirely new and healthier karma. Herein
lies the root of change, the turning point of a life lived.
The very act of stopping, of nurturing moments of
non-doing, of simply watching, puts you on an entirely
different footing vis-a-vis the future. How? Because it
is only by being fully in this moment that any future
moment might be one of greater understanding,
clarity, and kindness, one less dominated by fear or
hurt and more by dignity and acceptance. Only what
happens now happens later. If there is no
mindfulness or equanimity or compassion now, in the
only time we ever have to contact it and nourish
ourselves, how likely is it that it will magically appear
later, under stress or duress?
The idea that the soul will join
with the ecstatic
just because the body is rotten
that is all fantasy.
What is found now is found then.
Kabir