Existentialism and all that Jazz

Another late start this morning .. I seem to be losing a big chunk of each day to inertia .. and possibly the whisky I drank at last night's Jazz gig which caused me to fall asleep on the sofa when I got home until nearly 3am !!

Whilst I'm a great believer in not running around like a headless chicken and in allowing for leisurely time, I'm also aware that it's a dominant trait of mine and whilst it can be enjoyable, it probably is one of the root causes of my 'sufferings' ie lack of money (don't do enough work) ... So, true to the Buddhist spirit of Honin Myo (starting from this moment), yet again I'm determined to change that aspect of me (though starting work at around 11am might not be the best start to get off to !

Anyway .. to inspire me, whilst having my morning Cuppa, I listened to part of a recording from our HQs Buddhist course last year at Taplow Court with Robert Samuels talking about 'The time is Now' and using a section from President Ikeda's 1998 Peace Proposal where he discusses Berdjaev's view on Existential Time and I've transcribed it below ... because it realy just sums up what I need to sort in my life ... so here goes ....

"In the course of our daily existence, we tend, idly, to allow time to slide by, letting tommorrow come as a mere extension of today without purposeful exertion.

Such days become expanses of inertia and we lose sight of the critically important fact that a fruitful tommorrow comes only after a well lived today."

He also goes on to note that we have to break free of the daily inertia and experience the sense of joy and fulfilment that comes from seizing the moment and fulfilling our inate human mission.
So that's my blog for today .. and now to do some daimoku (chanting) and to paraphrase the above .. kick my ass into gear .. !!