Zen story: The old Zen master's repeating dreams were linked to more than just to him

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The old Zen master had been having a series of repeating dreams, over the last month, where he had found himself in a second-hand bookshop, looking for a diary book, that he had once had. This diary book had been given to him by his own last master, and was a recording of the koans, that the master had created, for his students to try to solve. He had given it to another Zen master, in another monastery, 40 years ago, when he had admired it, during a visit to his monastery. After 5 such dreams, he found it, in a shop, and he bought it, in that last dream. Then, when he woke up, he found this same book, was now on his bedside table. He didn't know where it had come from, but the other master had also been having recurring dreams, that he should return this book to its rightful owner, so that night, he had returned it, while the other master slept. This shows us how all is linked to all; even our dreams are linked. We are all connected by love to God, and to each other too, by this same love. And so, love connects all to all, and all to God, so everything comes full circle in the end, as love moves stuff eventually to where it is meant to be, and to end up, where it's meant to end up. The old Zen master never did find out how the book came back to him. It did, and that was enough for him. He also remembered this saying of his old master too: "An empty life is like a book left unread." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Zen master's master's diary.