By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: October 23, 2020
I used to meditate in what I now call a “lazy” way, more of a savasana “withdraw from the senses” style. These days my meditation is more active and alert, and I like this quote by Shunryu Suzuki: “Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.” (Last spring (2014), when I thought I might die as I laid in a bed in a hotel room, my meditation was extremely intense, just like this quote requests of us.)
I don’t know the original source of this image, but this quote is from the book, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind