The Beginning is The Destination

“The beginning is the destination.  Any distance between now and then, here and there, is an illusion.  Aware and fully engaged here and now, without pretense, without reason, is what we call Enlightenment.”

– Seijaku Roshi

What does it really mean to be fully present, here and now; to be present to our life which is always and only happening now?  We do not exist in the past and even when we arrive at tomorrow it’s now. 

Webster’s dictionary defines “Being” as “The quality or state of having existence:  the most important or basic part of a person’s mind or self.”  If we are ever going to experience the fullness of life, of being truly and fully alive we need to “be” where life is happening – Life is Always Happening Now.