Planning for the future, in the present.
Some people have the misconception that planning and scheduling are not what Zen Buddhists do. But planning is not goal-oriented - it exists right now; scheduling exists right now. Without a plan, our work tends to become very scattered, inefficient, and ineffective. We can get caught up in goals and forget that the goal and the process which bings us to that goal are the same reality - just as "good" and "bad" are the same reality, just as heads and tail are two sides of the same coin. Each step, each action that brings us closer to the goal, is the goal itself. One is not before and the other after; they both exist simultaneously. When we fully realize this, then our preoccupation with the goal disappears and we can be fully aware of the present moment. Then, each step is vivid, each step can be experienced totally.
- Mountain Records of Zen Talks by John Daido Loori
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