In our animated short film, an old man lives beneath a persimmon tree. Every autumn, before dawn, he leaves a basket of persimmons at his neighbors’ doors — and no one ever sees him. When a child asks why he never tells anyone, he only smiles.
He lived by nature’s flow. He gave without any mind of having given — like the persimmon tree that never says “I gave you my fruit,” like the stream that never says “I gave you my water.”
But can we live like that? Honestly, most of us cannot. Our minds are full — full of thoughts about what we did for others, what they owe us, what we want in return. That is the false mind: everything we have accumulated throughout our lives. As long as it covers us, living by nature’s flow remains a beautiful story about someone else.
The old man could live that way because he had found his true mind — the mind of great nature within. And that is exactly what meditation is for. In this practice, we look back on the accumulated false mind and let it go. As it is discarded, the true mind is uncovered — and then living by nature’s flow is no longer a story. It becomes our life.
True love, true mercy, and true compassion are not things we try to do. They are what remains when the false mind is gone.
If you want to live like the wind and the water — come and meditate with us.