--- On Tue, 15/3/11, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote:
MAYKA: Hi Mel;
MEL: Hello signora(*smiles*)
MAYKA: Enjoying reading your posting . I value a lot this kind of posting as
it helps me to keep in "The Comfortable Zone" of Buddha energy.
MEL: Thank you. Some may regard my posting as rather simplictic, but I'm a very
simple man with a simple life
MAYKA: What kind of stool are you using for your sitting down?. Is a Japanese
zazen stool or something else?. If it's the Japanese, then do not worry too
much.
MEL: It's only a cheap plastic adult-sized stool that I use, which I bought
from one of those $2-shops..which you might also have there in Edinburgh(How I
would really love to visit Scotland if I can! I've been watchin' the film
GREYFRIARS BOBBY, and a host of LASSIE movies in the past...*smiles*)
My old Japanese karate teacher laughingly refered to the zazen stool as the
'seiza chair', as he thought it was a ridiculous idea
MAYKA: Your body will find its way by itself. Important is that you don't
force or push your body as you can injury it. As you know by
yourself experience of sitting down your conscious breathing will help you to
be alert and acknowledge everything that is going on in your body as well as in
your mind. As that alertness and acknowledging gets expanding more and more
through continuous zazen you will come to distinguish when the discomfort is a
healthy discomfort , (meaning: the mind tries to run away and start to trick
one in all the possible ways. Don't give up and hold there) and the other kind
of pain will be the pain of injury. These two kind of pain are different but
are very easy to be sensed and see through the practice.
MEL: Yes, thanks for that. However, even with my arthritis and gout history, it
is still possible for me to get into the Burmese posture but it's just that
I've been starting to question the necessity for it. In the temple, they also
teach us to face the wall. Hmmmm..I dunno..
Are you able to get into the full Lotus seating method yourself?
in Buddha's peace and grace
Mel
