You Picked Your Parents

Each of the webpages of ACTzen.com has dozens of related Tai Chi book topics and Zen Buddhism dharma that I'd love to add to these lessons.

This topic requires some discussions of various religions and afterlife concepts and spirituality.

For brevity, just consider the following scenario:

You were a spirit that was given a life in your current body. When you die you'll be that spirit again.

Hopefully, after living a lifetime on earth, you will be a SMARTER SPIRIT when you die.

So who are your next parents?

Should they be easy on you so you can be lazy? Or should your parents be strict and demanding of you to make you strong and achieve more?

During each stage of your life you'd probably pick a different type of parents. For now, LOOK AT YOUR PARENTS -- their good and bad points -- and then WRITE DOWN HOW YOUR PARENTS AFFECTED who you are. Even some of their bad qualities can bring out the good qualities in you. Give them as much credit as possible for creating who you are.

Buddha Zhen
Patriarch, shaolinZEN.org