Zen story: The Zen Master's dreams

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The new Zen Master to the monastery, who had become the new master, after the old Zen Master, the last past master had died, was having a repeating series of dreams, in which he would leave the interior of the monastery, fly to the roof of the monastery, and then walk along its length, and then, he would jump back to the ground again, and then re-enter the monastery, and then he would wake up in his bed, there. At a bit of a loss as to what these dreams might mean for him, he went over to a nearby monastery, and he asked the older, more experienced, Zen Master there, about his dream. The old Zen Master, said, "Ah yes, this flying dream shows you that you must grow more as a Zen teacher master." He then said: "Flying above your monastery is showing you that you also need to lift your heart now, as enlightenment of the mind is merely the beginning of your heart journey." "You must elevate yourself to be a heart person, but every so often, you will need to jump back down into your mind, to intregate the new learnings of truth, and wisdom, into your mind too, so as your teaching will be wiser then too." The new Zen Master appreciated the old Master's words, and said to himself, that from now on in, I will indeed, try to be a heart person, and not always be locked away in just my mind. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Zen Master dreamed of walking on the roof of his monastery.