Zen Master Tales by Peter Haskel - 8 out of 10

 

Zen Master Tales by Peter Haskel

 

8 out of 10

 

I am more concerned with a Happening https://realini.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-happening-written-and-directed-by.html than the alleged subject of the note, so feel free to close this, and skip the Sagesse included hereafter

 

This is my Zen story, which took place a couple of days ago, when I took part in a running competition, 10k, ten kilometers, finished in a little over 56 minutes, due in large part (for the most part probably) to my Zen Master

The start was at 9.30, for the largest part, there were some people in wheel chairs, and it was 9.20 for them, and then Family Run, I don’t know when they were off, and they had some other coordinates online

 

We had to be there at eight, though with hindsight, I wonder what was the point, especially given some of the issues, the most pressing one for me…the toilets, they had maybe twenty, forty, still, there were eighty people in front of each

Yes, we could take advantage of the warming exercises, and they sent a team of two, from the network I use, the business that owns maybe seventy fitness spaces, and I do not want to put their name here, for free publicity

 

There are thousands reading these lines – yah, right – so this company will not have me pushing their wares, on the other hand, spoiler alert, it is not interesting, off subject, and by now you should have seen this

Actually, my notes are good for something, they could work as tests for attention, also spotting the things you should not touch, Schopenhauer said something to the effect that ‘the only way you can read good books is to avoid the bad ones’

 

Getting back to the day of the Zen Event, reaching a higher state of consciousness (I wish) it had started with some challenges, due to a rude, and possibly thieving Uber driver, who had been sent with my participation kit by the mentor, sponsor, trainer and Zen Master, The Dragon, and which was supposed to have a shirt

In fact, it was the first item on the list, and when I saw it was not there, I thought damn, it means I cannot get into the race, eventually, we saw that one could use whatever, as long as one has the number in the contest

 

That number is 1110 in my case – you can find the list with the participation, the timing, ranking if you are interested, I will not put the link in, for the site might crash, what with a deluge of clicks from here, hahaha…

 

They have inserted a chip and that gave them the location, start and finish, and maybe more, so I could participate, but the crazy fellow acted with bile, started calling and then said he is in a hurry, he has another client

Then he asked where this is, and I explained, he has to pass the gate, for this is a gated community, and then I went out, to see him in the intersection, and the white car passed in a hurry, ignoring my signs and heading away

 

A few moments later, he says with anger and distaste that he is not trying to find the address anymore, he will leave the package at the other gate, there are two exits, so I had to walk for quite a distance, to get my things

Only to see that, upset as he was, the thief had taken the most valuable item from the sack, there was tuna, some special bread, even calming salts, a voucher for this club I am already a member of, but then maybe I will make it a gift

 

However, the shirt was missing, as I said, and I was going to call the number, then realized that I will get between the Zen Master and the driver, and the Coach has given a poor rating, but then if I make a fuss, he could get into a fuss

Besides, he did not want this, gracious and munificent as he is, he would not pursue the matter, when I said to him, I wanted to call, he says he thinks it was the volunteers who make the packages, albeit I feel it was not them

 

They would be so kind, at the end of the race, that they would give me another shirt, to compensate for the one that was stolen, so they would be above suspicion in a detective story, which this turns out to be, on a small scale

For there are two other individuals involved, one is the driver that took the package from the stadium to the restaurant, but then he is employed by Sensei, hence, out of the loop, but we have the man at the gate

And I stopped by today, told him about the missing, precious item and his reaction was a bit baffling, in that he seemed absent, did not know, raised his shoulders as if I d o not recall, or more likely, who cares, who gives a damn…to be continued

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

 

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

 

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”