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Do not go after the past,
Do not lose yourself in the future.
For the past no longer exists,
And the future is not yet here.
By looking deeply at things just as they are,
In this moment, here and now,
The seeker... continue...

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LOOKING AT THE BAMBOO TREES
One day when the d.o.m. was looking at the bamboo trees in the back yard of a neighbor, he saw the tall bamboo trees were tall and the short ones are short. And one of the tall ones said to him:
-You are too short!

The d.o.m. said: -O. K.

And one of the short ones said:
-You are too tall.

He said:
-O.K.

The conversation then ended.

The d.o.m.

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