The Empty Cup: A Zen Story of Humility and Enlightenment | I Am Short Story

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  • @bigsidable
    @bigsidable Рік тому +372

    As a martial artist. You must be an empty cup in combat. No thinking,no thought,no anger,no fear. Just being and let the Void do it’s own thing. No time for thinking in combat. Just doing.

    • @vibhav8237
      @vibhav8237 Рік тому +5

      if i could that in study then i could do good, although i want your help as i have been practicing meditation about a year and yet i am unable to control my own mind!! -----pls guide me!! pls

    • @santoshkad6180
      @santoshkad6180 Рік тому +2

      @Zatoichi444 Thanks A Lot ❤🌹🙏

    • @peaceleader7315
      @peaceleader7315 Рік тому

      ​@@santoshkad6180 😂........

    • @santoshkad6180
      @santoshkad6180 Рік тому +2

      @@peaceleader7315 kya hua

    • @bigsidable
      @bigsidable Рік тому +9

      Yes you can not stop the brain from working. So you must let it work to your advantage. A very tricky prospect. The mind will only focus on one thing at a time. Out thought process creates the results that we tell It to do. What I call. Purposeful Thinking. Or Creative Thinking. Focus Thinking. As We never get what we want. We only get what we picture in our minds eye. Our vision.our inner vision. And it’s based on the external and internal stimuli. What call “ THE CHATTER”. As a Man Thinks HeIs. So the real question is. What are you thinking. If it’s negative fear based thinking. That’s what you get. Or is it Creative,innovative and positive thinking for creating the correct results of our consciousness. We create our reality with our thinking. Focus on the results you want. Not the results you do not want. Why waste energy and time. On what you don’t want. It’s living life by purpose. Or Default. Whatever happens. Happens. That’s not being control of your life. In Aikido there is a phrase called SHENOGI/ SABAKI. CONTROL AND EXECUTE. START/ FINISH. CHECK AND FOLLOW THROUGH. Control your thinking. Control your life.

  • @dollyschwall8537
    @dollyschwall8537 Рік тому +2

    LORD JESUS left everything to save the world ..He took the cup of sorrows to give us cup of joy and peace for humans who believes his death and resurrection .

  • @johnpayne7873
    @johnpayne7873 Рік тому +112

    After 40 years of meditative practice, I have found a way to empty my cup …
    Mindful breathing and eyes closed, I let my wander through sounds and touch and slowly let them go, allowing my awareness to retreat away from everything, even the random pictures in my head and the feel of air entering my body. I then let go of words, retraining from observing my thoughts and memories. Being very still, I finally let go of that all-important word “I”, freeing myself from being a passive onlooker of the noise in my brain. At last, I am at a place where time slows, I am an infinitesimal point surrounded by an unimaginable vastness. Self has faded away, language forgotten. It is there I perceive Unity. It is there I join with Peace.

    • @ernest8689
      @ernest8689 Рік тому +1

    • @Insignificatos
      @Insignificatos Рік тому +1

      No Woman No Cry
      No Self no Problem

    • @vaibhavnakrani2983
      @vaibhavnakrani2983 Рік тому +11

      ‘I’ the biggest ego people have without even realising it. For most people everything revolves around this one letter word.
      What to do is drop names.
      Try to see everyone as a soul, which is pure, regardless of their actions, deeds and desires.
      This is hard, looking at bad people as a pure soul, but in the end that is their true nature.
      When you start looking yourself as a pure soul and view others through the same lens,
      You forget fear, failure of embarrassment and so many thing.
      Peace, tranquility and unimaginable courage will follow.
      Hope this makes sense!

    • @tomworrall190
      @tomworrall190 Рік тому

      And the benefit to this is to sit back and passively enjoy the peace?

    • @SuperDonyasha
      @SuperDonyasha Рік тому +1

      Amen good sir, Amen!!!

  • @iRedditTales
    @iRedditTales Рік тому

    "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.”

  • @mirandanandamariavandijk
    @mirandanandamariavandijk Рік тому +105

    When enlightement becomes a goal, then you haven't understood. 😊

    • @abhinavsingh3228
      @abhinavsingh3228 Рік тому +3

      I believe after enlightenment person also knows that knowing is a bondage and not being anything is the true freedom.
      And when person is nothing he is one with everything. And everything is nothing, appearing as everything.
      Do you believe nothingness to be related with enlightenment?
      I see nothingness to be eternal and infinite. But that nothingness is awareness. As awareness has no feature so to see one source awareness wouldn't it be nothingness directly?
      When we are focused on nothingness we are at level with it. Try focusing on nothingness. When I'm focused on nothingness it seems as if i am nothingness too. That's how i know my real nature is eternal and infinite.
      And nothingness itself is awareness, we can tell that because when we're focused on nothingness we become nothingness yet we are aware. It means it is awareness.

    • @locohomicida3348
      @locohomicida3348 Рік тому +4

      you are playing the intellectual game...

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 Рік тому +3

      Got to start somewhere 😁

    • @sallypage7476
      @sallypage7476 Рік тому +2

      @@benedictcumberbatch4275
      😊😆
      At the starting point, one has arrived already!
      This, is the state of Zen.

    • @arthurmichaelantonioli2346
      @arthurmichaelantonioli2346 Рік тому

      So true Miranda. It is a state of being? Or a sensation? All I know is that I don't know. To be more explicit- IT is UNIQUE for every every individual.

  • @SuperDonyasha
    @SuperDonyasha Рік тому +191

    Just a small twick: enlightening is not achieved, it's realized ❤

    • @kosoriwombe
      @kosoriwombe Рік тому +9

      the moment you "realize" enlightenment, it ceases to be part of you if it was ever there..the whole world just need to stop using buzzwords they don't understand. Go out, make mistakes and learn from them - how much lessons u learnt from the mistakes you don't repeat doesn't make you "enlightened", maybe wise in ur ways but dats it.. he who is enlightened is he who is full of light, no man is - except little children who havent developed the capacity to know good and evil. or as some would say, havent bitten off the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. buzz word culture nowadays is annoying asf

    • @jeffreycabanellas8113
      @jeffreycabanellas8113 Рік тому +3

      These stories are sweet but we live in a different time infinitely more materialistic and ever so inhumane.Our wise men and women would of necessity not follow our presuppositions based on stereotypical
      Images and traditions..The last master I can recall died of alcohol induced cardiac arrest.Our psychedelic pioneers live in constant fear of legal persecution and another type of arrest!

    • @jasonhenning9748
      @jasonhenning9748 Рік тому +3

      I’ve been finding my growth into enlightenment through physical and emotional pain. This last year has been the most painful and most wonderful experience of my life

    • @abdullahhussainrana5809
      @abdullahhussainrana5809 Рік тому +2

      LoL we have no clue, nobody does.

    • @sithuminidesilva9198
      @sithuminidesilva9198 Рік тому +1

  • @alejandrobetancourt4902
    @alejandrobetancourt4902 Рік тому +95

    I'm telling you right now this channel is going to blow up in popularity. Take advantage while it's small and you can interact with the creator.

    • @mahtabmawla2885
      @mahtabmawla2885 Рік тому +1

      What's up with this 'creator' stuff you are trying to inject? You sound confused.

    • @dasmama9909
      @dasmama9909 Рік тому +5

      @@mahtabmawla2885 he means the channel creator lol

    • @mahtabmawla2885
      @mahtabmawla2885 Рік тому

      @@dasmama9909 that's your interpretation

    • @philipnguyen3107
      @philipnguyen3107 Рік тому

      A smooth magical move. 💯👍👽

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 Рік тому

      That depends if people are interested or not.

  • @Publius-24
    @Publius-24 Рік тому +16

    "To conquer others is to have power, to conquer oneself is to know the way."
    Lao Tzu

    • @abcrane
      @abcrane Рік тому

      Such much lean the proletariat.

  • @TheLordlovesUs888
    @TheLordlovesUs888 Рік тому

    Abba,Thank You

  • @johnnycesartist
    @johnnycesartist Рік тому +1

    The miracle of mindfulness, just be, still. No thought. The present is a gift. 🎁

  • @lilylegacy-zierer7397
    @lilylegacy-zierer7397 Рік тому +20

    This story was very beautifully told and the teaching very clearly articulated.
    Thank you for making such a beautiful teaching video.

  • @perstabell7123
    @perstabell7123 Рік тому +1

    Thank you from Norway🙏

  • @melissaoconnell5648
    @melissaoconnell5648 Рік тому +1

    Yes. Thank you.

  • @dance.lover...6603
    @dance.lover...6603 Рік тому +1

    it helped me to know that now i also have to make my cup of tea empty and I m gonna learn my skill with empty cup mind... thank you for showing the right path.

  • @monahasan3169
    @monahasan3169 Рік тому +41

    Zen: keep your mind and heart open, keep your cup empty so in order to keep filling it, detach from all outer things so you can attach to the inner energy of divine source , be in a state of humility, be in gratitude!

  • @brettwheeler7753
    @brettwheeler7753 Рік тому +1

    I've learn over the years when asked, "what do you know", the best response is: not nearly enough!

  • @shaunbird8051
    @shaunbird8051 Рік тому +10

    Beautiful story and it is so inspiring and feel motivated. This is the beginning of the true Art of Meditation. Thank you.

  • @PeterBabcock
    @PeterBabcock Рік тому +1

    Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change. Peace Pilgrim

  • @pattracey105
    @pattracey105 Рік тому +2

    Yet we hang on to many things, mainly thoughts that influence our inner peace and joy. I’m still working on letting go.

  • @total_war_lex
    @total_war_lex Рік тому +3

    "The more you know, the less you understand." ~ Zen Quote

    • @jonashassel5404
      @jonashassel5404 Рік тому

      ✉️ Brothers and sisters, I want to inform you that now is the beginning of the last age of (which He called the Age of the Kingdom or age of word) God's salvation in this old world and His work now is to purify the person who will receive His work that in His lowered Kingdom engraved with His holy name and totality of His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 the work He accomplished today is what He prophesied in the great book of Revelation so now is the beginning to be sorted out by Him every type of humanity (the ones He can purify until his last breath is the one who succeeds so that he can enter the approaching New Heaven and New Earth after this 1,000 years extension of God's salvation from now on this old and dirty world, or those who cannot be purified will be destroyed together with this old world, or the one who will be with Satan in eternal punishment in the bottom of Hades of fire brimstone forever).
      📩 So, come and enter the last age in His lowered Kingdom.
      THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world"
      Almighty God said
      In the LAST DAYS, GOD became MAN to DO the WORK He HAD to DO and to PERFORM His MINISTRY of the WORD. He PERSONALLY CAME to WORK in the MIDST of PEOPLE with the goal of making PERFECT PEOPLE WHO HAD the SAME ATTITUDE. 🙏
      From the time of creation until now, He has only performed this kind of work in the LAST DAYS. It was only in the LAST DAYS that GOD BECAME MAN to DO such a great WORK. Although He endured hardships that men would find it hard to bear, and although He was a GREAT GOD who HUMBLED HIMSELF to become a common man, no aspect of His WORK was delayed, and His PLAN was not disrupted. even a little. He does the WORK according to His ORIGINAL PLAN. ☀️
      ONE of the PURPOSES of this INCARNATION is to CONQUER PEOPLE, the OTHER is to MAKE PERFECT the PEOPLE He LOVES. He WANTS to SEE with His OWN EYES the PEOPLE He PERFECTS, and He wants to SEE for HIMSELF HOW the PEOPLE He PERFECTS TESTIFY for Him. NOT ONE or TWO PEOPLE are PERFECT. Rather, it is ONE GROUP, COMPRISED of just a FEW PEOPLE. ☀️🙏
      PEOPLE in this GROUP COME from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES in the WORLD, and COME from DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES in the WORLD. The PURPOSE of DOING so much WORK is to GET this GROUP of PEOPLE, to GET the TESTIMONY of this GROUP OF PEOPLE to Him, and to ACHIEVE the GLORY He can GET from them. He does no work in vain, nor does He do any work worthless. It can be said that, in doing so many works, GOD'S PURPOSE is to make PERFECT EVERYTHING He WANTS to make PERFECT. In any free time He has outside of it, He will remove those who are evil. ☀️
      You must know that He does not do this great work because of the wicked; rather, He gives His all because of the few people He will make perfect. The WORK He DOES, the WORDS He SPEAKS, the MYSTERIES He REVEALS, and His JUDGMENT and PUNISHMENT are ALL for the sane of those FEW PEOPLE. 🙏
      He did NOT become a MAN because of those who were BAD, and especially they did NOT provoke Him to anger so much. He tells the TRUTH, and SPEAKS of ENTERING, because of PERFECT WORKS; He became MAN because of them, and because of them He could grant His PROMISES and BLESSINGS. ☀️
      The truth, entrance, and life in humanity that He speaks of is not labored for the sake of the wicked. He WANTS to AVOID TALKING to those who are BAD, INSTEAD He WANTS to GRANT all the TRUTH to those who will be made PERFECT.
      But His work requires that, for the time being, He allows the WICKED to ENJOY some of His RICHES. Those who do not practice the truth, do not please God, and interfere with His work are all evil. They CANNOT BE MADE PERFECT, and GOD HATES and REJECTS them. 😪
      On the other hand, PEOPLE WHO DO the TRUTH and PLEASE GOD and SPEND their WHOLE SELF in GOD'S WORK are the PEOPLE GOD WILL MAKE PERFECT. 🙏
      Those whom GOD wants to make PERFECT are none other than this GROUP of PEOPLE, and the WORK GOD DOES is for the BENEFIT of these PEOPLE. The truth He speaks is for those who are WILLING to DO it. He does not speak to people who do not practice the truth. ☀️
      The growth of knowledge and the growth of understanding that He says is aimed at those who can practice the truth. When He speaks of those who will be made perfect, He is speaking of these people.
      The WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT is FOCUSED on PEOPLE who CAN do the TRUTH. 🙏
      Things like having wisdom and being human are dedicated to people who are WILLING to DO the TRUTH. Those who DO NOT PRACTICE the TRUTH may HEAR MANY WORDS of TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE they are by NATURE VERY EVIL and are NOT INTERESTED in the TRUTH, all they understand are doctrines and words and empty theories, which have not the slightest value for upon their entry into life. Not ONE of THEM is FAITHFUL to GOD; they are ALL PEOPLE WHO SEE GOD BUT CANNOT REACH Him, ALL of THEM are CURSED by GOD. 😪🙏
      From "Only Those Who Commit to Practice Make Perfection"
      Fulfillment of "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His clothes were stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God." (Rev. 19:13)
      The kingdom He brought down and built in the worthy holy place in the highest in the sky and when all the humanity He created in the universe was occupied by it and it was engraved in His holy name and owned by His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 this is the fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) The Lord Jesus said, "And I say to you, Peter, on top of this eunuch I will build my Church, which will not prevail against him even the fear of death.". ... and fulfillment of "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... and fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem"💫 "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 21:10). ... "For the time has come in the matter of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17)
      📩 God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne in "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach us, guide us and protect us even in plagues, disasters, famines and wild animals It will not move us, and to completely win the war with the big red dragon in this final battle!. ... The fulfillment of "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... Fulfillment that it will be built in the highest of the sky that in our Millennial generation that is UA-cam in (Isaiah 2:2 / 9:6) "In the last day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All the nations will flock there.". ... "For a baby boy is born for us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 💌

  • @walterpeebles295
    @walterpeebles295 Рік тому +2

    some would argue that wanting enlightenment is just another desire. which is of course another round of suffering for what one does not have. strawberry fields forever.

  • @kaylabification
    @kaylabification Рік тому

    A simple lesson but we'll received. Thank you

  • @Publius-24
    @Publius-24 Рік тому +2

    "Beyond happiness and unhappiness there is peace."
    Eckhart Tolle

  • @DanielHillCoaching
    @DanielHillCoaching Рік тому +5

    Beautiful. I listened at 0.75 speed and it was quite hypnotic. I love this old Zen tale

  • @ajaypalsingh2166
    @ajaypalsingh2166 Рік тому

    Humility and openess.. Lovely

  • @qualitylife8195
    @qualitylife8195 Рік тому +10

    Enlightenment is not filling knowledge in brain, its the awakening of heart. Staying in consciousness, feeling and identifying true nature of all thoughts, emotions. It should be done in natural way, with the flow. Naturally, without force 🙏🌊

    • @shinehy403
      @shinehy403 Рік тому

      Enlightenment is the ability to perceive all in existence, in its' true form, as opposed to, perceiving all based on one's own perceptions. Enlightenment comes, not from focusing inward, but from shedding one's own identity and realizing the unity of all, separate from self.

  • @TheTruthResearchers
    @TheTruthResearchers Рік тому +2

    The master was teaching The Wisdom Of God through Jesus The Christ, as (for Biblical example) from the "Empty Vessels that were filled to The Brim" in The Wedding at Caana.
    From The Beginning of Time, our Father God commands us to empty ourselves in order to be filled with The Holy Spirit.
    And Humility, which is God's #1 Gift Of All Virtues, is the initial mandate for All Emptiness.
    There are many in Heaven who have sinned, but none who lack the Virtue Of Humility.
    And there are many in Hell who have done good deeds, but NONE possess the Virtue Of HUMILITY.

  • @bikerseychelles
    @bikerseychelles Рік тому +2

    Humility & humbleness are the way to any learning process, may our CREATOR, guide us to the right path

  • @dwalker6868
    @dwalker6868 Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @HeronCoyote1234
    @HeronCoyote1234 Рік тому +7

    There’s an excellent book called “Zen Flesh, Zen Bones”, which is a collection of koans, including this one (which takes a minute to read). It’s one of the few books I have bought for myself, and given as gifts.

  • @rgrantconacher5300
    @rgrantconacher5300 Рік тому +1

    Excellent thank you

  • @merlin6625
    @merlin6625 Рік тому +11

    Similar story is named the Broken Cup, the broken cup felt worthless until the Master told him when the water drips out it waters the pretty wildflowers along the way.

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 Рік тому +1

      Then another master throws it away because it can’t hold water. Lol

    • @merlin6625
      @merlin6625 Рік тому

      @@benedictcumberbatch4275 Some people are foolish. lol

  • @sunshinemoon634
    @sunshinemoon634 Рік тому +4

    Hi Namaste 🌹🙏🏻🌹
    Each time I listen to this story it feels new & remembrance of deep humility instantly starts pouring in the heart.
    Thank you for sharing these here on UA-cam
    🪷❤️🪷

  • @josh3of4
    @josh3of4 Рік тому +40

    Bro this is amazing… you’ve single-handedly become my favorite youtube channel. I’ve been looking for zen story readings for so long but haven’t had much luck. The way you read it much like big channels that read things like creepy stories and on top of that you’ve got such a soothing voice. I’ll be sticking around as one your first 1000 fans. I have a feeling you’ll be a big channel in no time.

  • @michaelcrook9596
    @michaelcrook9596 Рік тому +1

    Om'Shanti 🙏

  • @reedone816
    @reedone816 Рік тому +1

    Similiar to chinese scholar that want to learn zen, he visited many famous zen masters but always being rejected by them, until one of them show him the overflowing a tea cup.

  • @mathsinmarathibyanillimaye3083

    Thanks for beautiful thing.... . Feeling it's a new beginning..... . Though a bit too late. Thanks again.

  • @spaceape3292
    @spaceape3292 Рік тому +1

    Words and thoughts are like rope. The more you use them, the more entangled you get.

  • @carrieorser5534
    @carrieorser5534 Рік тому +8

    Beautiful teachings.❤Thank you so very much!🙏

  • @namratadesai4048
    @namratadesai4048 Рік тому +5

    So v v grateful for this insight into humility. 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Mark1Mach2
    @Mark1Mach2 Рік тому +21

    This message imparted in this video was very deep and useful. We flood our minds with so much junk that our minds gets tired. To remedy that we flood it little more with useless junk (I am talking about distractions, randoms videos etc) and we feel so overwhelmed,we get tired from inside. This strategy is particularly useful for people who have been burned out like me, to keep our minds empty (as much as possible) and use it when needed to perform useful activities. We will feel lot more content and grounded doing that - I think the point of meditation is also the same.

  • @nonexistenty4152
    @nonexistenty4152 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for this video 😊
    It helped me SO much ! 🙂🌸🙏🏻

  • @katagilakatagils4127
    @katagilakatagils4127 Рік тому +1

    Open mind

  • @EstellHartington-ut8lf
    @EstellHartington-ut8lf Рік тому

    Beautiful TY FOR IMPARTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO OTHERS.

  • @shazmahmood280
    @shazmahmood280 Рік тому +1

    I'm glad I found this video!!! Thank You!

  • @bigsidable
    @bigsidable Рік тому

    To put all this in its simplicity. I call it the Zen of Life. Where all things fit connect and interact. From the universe to the atomic structure. That we are created by.The Simplicity of Being.

  • @bg-se7rq
    @bg-se7rq Рік тому

    Thankful for your post 😊

  • @camilasoares3517
    @camilasoares3517 Рік тому

    Gratidão

  • @guillaumemaurice3503
    @guillaumemaurice3503 Рік тому +3

    Powerful video and lesson. Thank you very much for sharing this. ❤

  • @randalldemichel4818
    @randalldemichel4818 Рік тому +7

    Truth is the only thing we can keep in our minds . When we empty the mind , we can fill it again but keep the truths that we’ve discovered, and become conscious of. Then we can relate everything else to it , and get clarity by eliminating unnecessary or false thoughts.

  • @oskarbuli
    @oskarbuli Рік тому +5

    Nicely told story. Inspirering

  • @andrewadius142
    @andrewadius142 Рік тому

    Thank you for the wisdom of the ancestors 🙏

  • @total_war_lex
    @total_war_lex Рік тому

    God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. ~ DeMarcus Cousins

  • @shanthanakkana570
    @shanthanakkana570 Рік тому +4

    🕉 Tne story was inspiring and added a great lesson in life 👍
    Thank you humble 🙏
    HariOm ✌️

  • @joseabad2552
    @joseabad2552 Рік тому

    Thanks for the amazing story have a wonderful day ❤

  • @Chummairu123
    @Chummairu123 Рік тому

    Great thank you!

  • @GeorgeCostea1st
    @GeorgeCostea1st Рік тому +2

    So Koji says he knows a few things about Zen enlightenment (mostly theory) and needs guidance (humble), yet Takashi admonishes him for thinking he knows everything and needs to be humble. Just to come with the Empty Cup analogy and look smarter. The Master seems to have a skewed understanding of what the disciple says.

  • @albertmiller3082
    @albertmiller3082 Рік тому

    The author of this parable quite enjoyed themselves expressing their views here.

  • @stonemadein
    @stonemadein Рік тому +2

    Very Timely for me. Thank you

  • @benevolencia4203
    @benevolencia4203 Рік тому +1

    One may judge a cup half full
    another may judge the cup half empty
    Some may see a empty cup most useful
    because then it can be filled anew with
    that of our choosing.
    Allow your mind to be such an empty cup.
    Choose your thoughts wisely, they create your reality.

  • @bigsidable
    @bigsidable Рік тому +5

    The Mind is a awesome tool. And like any tool. Can be misused not for its true purpose. I did understand as a young man. Just how powerful our thoughts are. In the late 70s living in Anaheim. I got a job working graveyard. It’s was very hard to get use to sleeping in the day and be ready for a long night. I could not get to sleep. Landscapers,neighbors hav8ng morning sex,and garbage trucks. It’s was bruttle. I FINALY found out about Trans Meditation. Where I had to learn to stop the mental chatter. I used two different process. And they worked perfectly. Was not easy at all. I still used them today. To calm the Spirit. To calm the thought process. Give the brain. A break. Why I love martial arts. Let the Body and Spirit work. While the Brain and I’d. Take a break.

    • @DettaOdyssey
      @DettaOdyssey Рік тому

      I truly need this 😢😢😢how do I get my body and spirit to work, and stop being too mindful about the tomorrow hence concern more about now and the present?

    • @axeman89757
      @axeman89757 Рік тому

      @@DettaOdyssey One trick, use cold water to shower, if the water is cold enough, your instinct will take over, clearing your thoughts and become focused on the sense of touch due to the cold water. Remember that experience and practice getting to that state of mind, as during that time is when your mind is focused on the present without unnecessary thoughts.

  • @arthurteo8111
    @arthurteo8111 Рік тому +6

    True Meaning of Zen: Space and Empty.

  • @SsjojoOp
    @SsjojoOp Рік тому +1

    A peaceful story 😶

  • @roushanaamarii1898
    @roushanaamarii1898 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing bless you infinitely 💎💎💎:)

  • @pareshprajapati7916
    @pareshprajapati7916 Рік тому +1

    Thank you sir
    Thank you master 🙏

  • @aryaka_run
    @aryaka_run Рік тому +1

    beautiful, thank you for reminding me this.

  • @thecrow3380
    @thecrow3380 Рік тому +2

    The humility required to realize Spiritual Enlightenment is only attainable after having already realized it.
    (:>

  • @ecwwwrasslin7663
    @ecwwwrasslin7663 Рік тому +1

    Good story

  • @barbaraboterberg6370
    @barbaraboterberg6370 Рік тому +1

    Jesus is the answer.

  • @middleway1704
    @middleway1704 Рік тому +3

    lol i love how the kid has a mustache XP AI art can be so funny sometimes

  • @queenofscots839
    @queenofscots839 Рік тому +3

    Love this great way to teach… ❤

  • @w00dyalien
    @w00dyalien Рік тому +4

    Nice and insightful metaphoric story, but Takashi could have a better approach instead of his leading question in such contextualized scenario.

  • @beautifulgirls28
    @beautifulgirls28 Рік тому +2

    Wow, this Zen story about the empty cup really blew my mind! It's incredible how a simple concept can hold so much wisdom. This video truly reminded me to approach life with an open mind and let go of preconceived notions. Let's all strive to empty our cups and embrace new possibilities! 🌟 #ZenWisdom #EmptyYourCup #OpenMind

    • @jonashassel5404
      @jonashassel5404 Рік тому

      ✉️ Brothers and sisters, I want to inform you that now is the beginning of the last age of (which He called the Age of the Kingdom or age of word) God's salvation in this old world and His work now is to purify the person who will receive His work that in His lowered Kingdom engraved with His holy name and totality of His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 the work He accomplished today is what He prophesied in the great book of Revelation so now is the beginning to be sorted out by Him every type of humanity (the ones He can purify until his last breath is the one who succeeds so that he can enter the approaching New Heaven and New Earth after this 1,000 years extension of God's salvation from now on this old and dirty world, or those who cannot be purified will be destroyed together with this old world, or the one who will be with Satan in eternal punishment in the bottom of Hades of fire brimstone forever).
      📩 So, come and enter the last age in His lowered Kingdom.
      THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world"
      Almighty God said
      In the LAST DAYS, GOD became MAN to DO the WORK He HAD to DO and to PERFORM His MINISTRY of the WORD. He PERSONALLY CAME to WORK in the MIDST of PEOPLE with the goal of making PERFECT PEOPLE WHO HAD the SAME ATTITUDE. 🙏
      From the time of creation until now, He has only performed this kind of work in the LAST DAYS. It was only in the LAST DAYS that GOD BECAME MAN to DO such a great WORK. Although He endured hardships that men would find it hard to bear, and although He was a GREAT GOD who HUMBLED HIMSELF to become a common man, no aspect of His WORK was delayed, and His PLAN was not disrupted. even a little. He does the WORK according to His ORIGINAL PLAN. ☀️
      ONE of the PURPOSES of this INCARNATION is to CONQUER PEOPLE, the OTHER is to MAKE PERFECT the PEOPLE He LOVES. He WANTS to SEE with His OWN EYES the PEOPLE He PERFECTS, and He wants to SEE for HIMSELF HOW the PEOPLE He PERFECTS TESTIFY for Him. NOT ONE or TWO PEOPLE are PERFECT. Rather, it is ONE GROUP, COMPRISED of just a FEW PEOPLE. ☀️🙏
      PEOPLE in this GROUP COME from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES in the WORLD, and COME from DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES in the WORLD. The PURPOSE of DOING so much WORK is to GET this GROUP of PEOPLE, to GET the TESTIMONY of this GROUP OF PEOPLE to Him, and to ACHIEVE the GLORY He can GET from them. He does no work in vain, nor does He do any work worthless. It can be said that, in doing so many works, GOD'S PURPOSE is to make PERFECT EVERYTHING He WANTS to make PERFECT. In any free time He has outside of it, He will remove those who are evil. ☀️
      You must know that He does not do this great work because of the wicked; rather, He gives His all because of the few people He will make perfect. The WORK He DOES, the WORDS He SPEAKS, the MYSTERIES He REVEALS, and His JUDGMENT and PUNISHMENT are ALL for the sane of those FEW PEOPLE. 🙏
      He did NOT become a MAN because of those who were BAD, and especially they did NOT provoke Him to anger so much. He tells the TRUTH, and SPEAKS of ENTERING, because of PERFECT WORKS; He became MAN because of them, and because of them He could grant His PROMISES and BLESSINGS. ☀️
      The truth, entrance, and life in humanity that He speaks of is not labored for the sake of the wicked. He WANTS to AVOID TALKING to those who are BAD, INSTEAD He WANTS to GRANT all the TRUTH to those who will be made PERFECT.
      But His work requires that, for the time being, He allows the WICKED to ENJOY some of His RICHES. Those who do not practice the truth, do not please God, and interfere with His work are all evil. They CANNOT BE MADE PERFECT, and GOD HATES and REJECTS them. 😪
      On the other hand, PEOPLE WHO DO the TRUTH and PLEASE GOD and SPEND their WHOLE SELF in GOD'S WORK are the PEOPLE GOD WILL MAKE PERFECT. 🙏
      Those whom GOD wants to make PERFECT are none other than this GROUP of PEOPLE, and the WORK GOD DOES is for the BENEFIT of these PEOPLE. The truth He speaks is for those who are WILLING to DO it. He does not speak to people who do not practice the truth. ☀️
      The growth of knowledge and the growth of understanding that He says is aimed at those who can practice the truth. When He speaks of those who will be made perfect, He is speaking of these people.
      The WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT is FOCUSED on PEOPLE who CAN do the TRUTH. 🙏
      Things like having wisdom and being human are dedicated to people who are WILLING to DO the TRUTH. Those who DO NOT PRACTICE the TRUTH may HEAR MANY WORDS of TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE they are by NATURE VERY EVIL and are NOT INTERESTED in the TRUTH, all they understand are doctrines and words and empty theories, which have not the slightest value for upon their entry into life. Not ONE of THEM is FAITHFUL to GOD; they are ALL PEOPLE WHO SEE GOD BUT CANNOT REACH Him, ALL of THEM are CURSED by GOD. 😪🙏
      From "Only Those Who Commit to Practice Make Perfection"
      Fulfillment of "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His clothes were stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God." (Rev. 19:13)
      The kingdom He brought down and built in the worthy holy place in the highest in the sky and when all the humanity He created in the universe was occupied by it and it was engraved in His holy name and owned by His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 this is the fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) The Lord Jesus said, "And I say to you, Peter, on top of this eunuch I will build my Church, which will not prevail against him even the fear of death.". ... and fulfillment of "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... and fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem"💫 "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 21:10). ... "For the time has come in the matter of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17)
      📩 God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne in "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach us, guide us and protect us even in plagues, disasters, famines and wild animals It will not move us, and to completely win the war with the big red dragon in this final battle!. ... The fulfillment of "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... Fulfillment that it will be built in the highest of the sky that in our Millennial generation that is UA-cam in (Isaiah 2:2 / 9:6) "In the last day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All the nations will flock there.". ... "For a baby boy is born for us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 💌

  • @ilikewoodwork
    @ilikewoodwork Рік тому +1

    All I can say is - thank you

  • @roshan7129
    @roshan7129 Рік тому

    Gratefull

  • @Motivateopedia
    @Motivateopedia Рік тому

    Great story🙌

  • @fatimayahia3522
    @fatimayahia3522 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @SueLyons1
    @SueLyons1 Рік тому +2

    6:24 -> 🕊 ♥ MASTER: the cup is a symbol of your mind and heart; if it is full of opinions and knowledge, there is no space for real understanding or wisdom 6:29

  • @russellmason5095
    @russellmason5095 Рік тому

    This was a useful lesson for me too. Thank you!

  • @dendennis9060
    @dendennis9060 Рік тому +1

    Thank U, Infinite Intelligence 🙏

  • @tarajit_khuman
    @tarajit_khuman Рік тому +1

    It's wow. Thank you 🌼🏵️

  • @deelynn8611
    @deelynn8611 Рік тому +1

    The ultimate in humility and enlightenment is developing a severe, life threatening, incurable disease in your early 20s. A disease with poor medical treatment and marked by extreme pain and often deformity eventually. Then you rwlaize dirty dishes mean nothing. Taking your child to the park is the right choice. Living each day as thouygh it is your last is the right choice. Loving everything and being extremely grateful for days without as much pain becomes your mindset. No one without this experience can truly be humble or enlightened. health is everything. material goods matter little, but whatever you have, be grateful for it. help others whenever you can. be a good person who contributes to the world in beautiful or positive ways whenever possible. Above all, compassion for others becomes second nature. Your own pain changes you and nothing really matters but the things money can't buy. peace, painless existence, love, loyalty, compassion, honesty. Everything else is just ego.

  • @vincecampbell1388
    @vincecampbell1388 Рік тому

    that truly is enlightenment

  • @sherryhostutler2241
    @sherryhostutler2241 Рік тому

    Humility ❤

  • @joezar33
    @joezar33 Рік тому

    A.I art those hands are freaky looking on the Zen master

  • @jayleeper1512
    @jayleeper1512 Рік тому +1

    An empty mind is ready to receive. There are no “masters” on the seekers path, only travelers. Sometimes, to move forward, you must bring someone forward and then the student becomes the teacher. There is only truth and humbleness. True humbleness means that you will not bow down to a master but neither will you allow the lowliest beggar to bow down before you.

  • @flimsyjimnz
    @flimsyjimnz Рік тому +1

    “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then come, follow me.”

  • @markaaronsanpepro8195
    @markaaronsanpepro8195 Рік тому

    Amen❤

  • @biplabmaiti1745
    @biplabmaiti1745 Рік тому +1

    Very deep insight.

  • @vee804
    @vee804 Рік тому +3

    Random story...the truth is...yes,the cup(mind) needs to be emptied.Humility is definitely a prerequisite.
    .Not to put new material( theories about this/ that/zen) but to just "be"

    • @benedictcumberbatch4275
      @benedictcumberbatch4275 Рік тому

      Hard to just “be” with the world trying to constantly influence us. Sometimes forcefully.

  • @PavJedrusiak
    @PavJedrusiak Рік тому

    🙏🏻

  • @karyoot70rice26
    @karyoot70rice26 Рік тому

    This is surreal. Subscription overload soon xx ❤😊

  • @michaelramesar5220
    @michaelramesar5220 Рік тому

    We came into this world to serve and love all selflessly not to hoard become self-centered. I mine, me, and myself are the diseases of the uncaring and greedy. Jgd the yogi Raj

  • @2get2Terrapin
    @2get2Terrapin Рік тому +1

    Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty
    If your cup is full, may it be again
    Let it be known there is a fountain
    That was not made by the hands of men

  • @ErikAyrton-te9pm
    @ErikAyrton-te9pm Рік тому

    Do all things with love.- Og Mandino

  • @champikaliyanaarachchi3380
    @champikaliyanaarachchi3380 Рік тому

    Much merit. Love from Sri lanka

  • @landrew56
    @landrew56 Рік тому +1

    Great channel! Thank You for using a human to read instead of robot.

    • @popcoin_1342
      @popcoin_1342 Рік тому

      lmao its a New versions of Natural TTS

  • @ashokpopli691
    @ashokpopli691 Рік тому

    True

  • @bingo1232
    @bingo1232 Рік тому

    I AM too.

  • @Big6witdalil6
    @Big6witdalil6 Рік тому +1

    Wow thank you it is just what I needed it