burntcopper | Driving Instructors and Zen

Just come off lesson and was decided with instructor that the way to one-ness with the universe and a perfect state of zendom is not, in fact, spending your time contemplating the universe, meditating and becoming a monk and ascetic. The true path to achieving a perfect state of calm (and at the same time working off all your bad karma) is to become a driving instructor. Do it long enough and you have to achieve a complete state of total calm and peace with t' universe as it's the only way not to stress yourself into an early grave. 'I am one... I am at peace... ommm... I will not yell at or cause panic in any way in my learners...' Oh, and you know that thing about achieving a state of calm in your mind that causes you to be able to totally focus on fighting they yammer on about? Driving instructors achieve it the whole time.

That is my thought for the day.