: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:11 PM
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Zen] Having trouble getting back into zazen
I managed to do 20 minutes on my mat and cushion today, although I was
having a little bit of OCD finickiness about sitting on the floor.
Are koans useful on your own
I have been doing basically as you describe. It was fine with 10 minutes, but
making the move from 10 to 20 or 30 was very hard.
I had stopped doing the counting, should I maybe get back to it?
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, billsm...@... wrote:
Dave,
I don't know if the feeling
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disappears altogether. That's what shikan taza is like.
.Bill!
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Of DP
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:20 AM
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Zen] Having trouble getting back into zazen
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Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:40 AM
To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Zen] Having trouble getting back into zazen
DP,
I've been doing zazen for over 40 years and I ALWAYS start just as I
described below
