Short story: A New Age guru meets up with a Zen master

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A new age guru, had come to put his ideas to the old Zen master, the head of the Segana Monastery. He asked a student monk to go, and to make his request, to the master. The Zen master left the monastery meditation room, and went into the garden to talk with him. The man made the following statements to the old master: "Reality is based on what we think. There are no limits. You can manifest whatever you want, or desire. The Universe is at your beck, and call. It is a large notepad, on which you can write what you want on it, and it will be provided to you, by the Universe." The old master just smiled widely, as he beamed his reply to the guru: "The Universe is God's creation, and in a way, you can control it, or be master of it, but why would you bother. Everything you need is already at your doorstep. Do not want, or desire, anything else, as what you want always traps you deep in that want. Want nothing, but God, and God will see you get what you need too." The Guru said, "But what about my thoughts, don't they affect me too?" The master further replied: "No, you are not your thoughts, and thoughts cannot create any reality, but a false one for you. Grasp who you really are, a conscious soul, aware of God, because God has planted himself as awareness within you." "Live as a soul person, from your heart, and just allow your thoughts to sit with that position, and not try to take you past this position to a rockier place, indeed." "Thoughts create rocks in your life that you must then climb over, but which a heart of love can dissolve for you as soon as you come back again to heart based living." "Well, thanks for your words on this," the Guru said, as he made to leave the master's presence." The old master just smiled once more, did an about turn, and went back into his monastery. Afterthought: "A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes." Mahatma Gandhi, the great Indian Spiritual figure, (1869 to 1948) was reported as saying this, but he should have talked to this Zen master first. We are far more than our just being our thoughts. We are made from love, not from our thoughts, so what we become is really based around how much we love. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Zen master's monastery, and garden, reflected his love for it in it.