Sitting Zazen

ओं मणिपद्मे हूं Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ    Julia sitting Zazen in Alpena, Michigan. photo by Keith

Don’t go off sightseeing.
The real journey is right here.
The great excursion starts
from exactly where you are.
You are the world.
You have everything you need.
You are the secret.
You are the wide opened.

Don’t look for the remedy for your troubles
outside yourself.
You are the medicine.
You are the cure for your own sorrow.

The Journey Starts Here by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

-Translated by Nevit O. Ergin and Will Johnson