All is a miracle

I like to walk alone on country paths, rice plants and wild grasses on both sides, putting each foot down on the earth in mindfulness, knowing that I walk on the wondrous earth. In such moments, existence is a miraculous and mysterious reality.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child--our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

-Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"

When the Buddhist practitioner walks in this world in mindfulness, existence becomes "a miraculous and mysterious reality."

The life of ordinary existence is like that when mindful of each moment in it, savoring the miracle and mystery of walking on this earth, enjoying the moment.

This is known in Tibetan Buddhism as the basic goodness of reality as it is.

In Mahayana Buddhism, when we see with wisdom eyes, everything under the sun is basically good.

When even one sentient being sees reality as it is, it is true that "all is a miracle!"

Reference:

Thich Nhat Hanh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh
http://www.answers.com/topic/nhat-hanh
http://here-and-now.org/IMSB/pages/TNH.page.html

Reviews of Thich Nhat Hanh's book, Miracle of Mindfulness:
http://www.spiritsite.com/writing/thihan/part8.shtml
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