Enlightened Living

So simple? A pupil asks an elder monk who was thought to be enlightened, "what does an enlightened being do?" The elder responded, "I wake, I eat, I work, I play and I sleep." The pupil was surprised by this answer, and said "but I wake, eat, work, play and sleep too." ... "Yes", said the elder, "but when I eat, I eat; when I work, I work; when I play, I play; and when I sleep, I sleep." Insofar as meditation is practice for life, life can and should be practice for meditation. With sufficiently narrow attention, even 30 minutes on the treadmill can be truly liberating. Try it!