there was a monk who had been studying with a master of zen for a while. he went to the master and said " master, i have been studying with you for 5 years and i am still not enlightened, so i am going to take a year off to travel and then come back, could you please give me a spiritual practise to do while i travel to get me enlightened?
the master said " sure, here it is. wherever you go, whatever happens, whoever you meet and whatever situation you find yourself in, repeat these words " thankyou for everything, i have no complaints whatsoever"
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So the monk travelled and did the practise and returned to the master after a year.
“master, i did the practise but i’m still not enlightened so what was the point of doing such a thing?”
and the master said " thankyou for everything , i have no complaints whatsoever"
at that moment, the monk became enlightened.
this is my new spiritual practise, didnt even realize how much i was complaining before