Spiritual Attunement through Meditation
Sep 25, 2026 · 22 min · 7 segments
Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #143: Nothing To Attain. Today I’ll be sharing information from the 2012 book titled The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Zen monk…
in the section titled, Nothing to Attain, we are told that there is nothing to do, nothing to realize, no program, no agenda.
Does the rose have to do something? No.
The purpose of a rose is to be a rose.
Your purpose is to be yourself.
You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else.
You are wonderful just as you are.
This teaching of the Buddha allows us to enjoy ourselves, the blue sky, and everything that is refreshing and healing in the present moment.
There is no need to put anything in front of us and run after it.
We already have everything we are looking for, everything we want to become.
So why not just take the hand of another Buddha and practice walking meditation? This is the teaching of the Ava Tamsaka Sutra.
Be yourself.
Life is precious as it is.
All the elements for your happiness are already here.
There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle.
Just be.
Just being in the moment, in this place, is the deepest practice of meditation.
Most people cannot believe that just walking as though you have nowhere to go is enough.
They think that striving and competing are normal and necessary.
Try practicing aimlessness for just five minutes, and you will see how happy you are during those five minutes.
We meditate not to attain enlightenment because enlightenment is already in us.
We don't have to search anywhere.
We don't need a purpose or a goal.
in the section titled, Nothing to Attain, we are told that there is nothing to do, nothing to realize, no program, no agenda.
Does the rose have to do something? No.
The purpose of a rose is to be a rose.
Your purpose is to be yourself.
You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else.
You are wonderful just as you are.
This teaching of the Buddha allows us to enjoy ourselves, the blue sky, and everything that is refreshing and healing in the present moment.
There is no need to put anything in front of us and run after it.
We already have everything we are looking for, everything we want to become.
So why not just take the hand of another Buddha and practice walking meditation? This is the teaching of the Ava Tamsaka Sutra.
Be yourself.
Life is precious as it is.
All the elements for your happiness are already here.
There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle.
Just be.
Just being in the moment, in this place, is the deepest practice of meditation.
Most people cannot believe that just walking as though you have nowhere to go is enough.
They think that striving and competing are normal and necessary.
Try practicing aimlessness for just five minutes, and you will see how happy you are during those five minutes.
We meditate not to attain enlightenment because enlightenment is already in us.
We don't have to search anywhere.
We don't need a purpose or a goal.
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