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"Chop wood, and carry water."

I heard this line on Sports Center this morning at about 4:00 AM, I looked it up as soon as I got to school. This is what beliefnet.com had about it. It covers an average day for all of us.

"Chop wood, carry water. According to an old Zen parable, this is what we do before enlightenment. And it's what we do afterward. In other words: Enlightenment is no big deal. The small rituals that sustain life are as important as our bigger dreams. This is especially true at the waning moon. It's time to slow down, move wisely, paring down effort to the essentials. I like to think the old Zen masters knew this, too, practicing enlightenment of the lunar kind."



Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Pagan-and-Earth-Based/2000/08/Waning-Moon-Chop-Wood-Carry-Water.aspx#ixzz1FLrjbI40