{"id":6936,"date":"2010-07-26T12:06:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T04:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2010-07-26T12:06:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T04:06:34","slug":"classic-zen-story-on-being-process-oriented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/classic-zen-story-on-being-process-oriented\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Zen Story on Being Process-Oriented"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

A student asked a Zen Master,
\n‘If I work very<\/span> hard,
\nhow long will it take for me to realise Zen?’
\nThe Master replied,
\n‘Ten <\/span>years.’<\/p>\n

The student replied,
\n‘If I work very very<\/span> hard,
\nhow long will it take for me to realise Zen?’
\nThe Master replied,
\n‘Twenty<\/span> years.’<\/p>\n

The student replied,
\n‘If I work very very very <\/span>hard,
\nhow long will it take for me to realise Zen?’
\nThe Master replied,
\n‘Thirty<\/span> years.’<\/p>\n

The student replied,
\n‘But, I don’t understand…
\nwhy does it take longer when I work harder?
\nThe Master replied,
\n‘When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path.’<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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