A Zen Master was asked, "How do you live? What is the secret of your constant joy?"
He said, "Not much of a secret, a simple phenomenon: when I feel hungry I eat and when I feel tired I sleep."
This is living will-lessly -- when hungry one eats, when tired one sleeps. This is living moment-to-moment with no plan, with no program, with no desire to impose your will upon existence.
The very effort to impose your will on existence is VIOLENT. The really non-violent person is one who does not impose his will upon existence. He takes things as they come and he is always surprised that whatsoever comes brings a treasure with it.
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