Oops.
Today is Monday. That means I’m supposed to have an Aikido blog posted. I don’t have one written, let alone posted.
Double oops.
I suppose I could blog about something I’ve been pondering. Maybe someone reading will have some thoughts.
Part of being Zen, at least how I understand it, is to live in the moment. What you’re doing is what you’re doing. You’re not thinking about the past or the future. Not too long ago, in response to my being tardy, my boss said she thought martial arts taught discipline. It was a cordial comment and I responded that there was discipline and there was discipline. I was thinking of the Zen-thing, of the idea that you are supposed to be focused on what you’re doing now.
Ever since, I’ve been puzzling what could be a paradox.
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From what I gather, a large portion of the Asian culture have no words in their language to identify 'past' or 'future' as all things are in present tense. That is why it is often difficult for some of them to understand 'did, will do, etc' as apposed to 'am doing'. If Zen is living in the moment then most likely the largess of the Asian culture are Zen, whereas it may be very difficult for native bred Americans to comprehend only present tense. "I am going to store yesterday??" I could be wrong about all of this, but most likely I'm not.
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