Carly Wickens Yoga | Mindfulness

Timeline PhotosWhen I was a young novice, I asked my teacher, “Do you think that in the Pure Land of the Buddha there are tangerines?”“If there are no tangerines I would not like to go there!” I declared. I really said that to my teacher!Do you think that in the kingdom of God there are tangerines or not? I believe there are. If you go to the kingdom of God and you don’t find tangerines, you will miss the planet Earth very much, because on the planet Earth there are tangerines, and many other wonderful things.That is why I’m determined to stay here, because the planet Earth is something very real. I do not want to exchange it for something that we cannot be sure is real. That is why to me the kingdom of God is here on Earth, available in the here and the now.That is my insight. In order to go to the kingdom of God, you have to be very alive, which means you have to be very mindful and concentrated. You do not have to die in order to go to the kingdom; it may be too late. You have to be alive now, and to be alive is something you can do.- Thich Nhat HanhArtwork: © Béatrice Lechtanski#Mindfulness #Awakening ... See MoreSee Less