thank you joe. .i ask a question..before books...was there zen bamboo breathing? ..some one has to experience this first before they write "a how to do analysis".. .i am one who strongly believes we must go back to the very beginning ..the essence ...many things are written..and i thank you for the link and appreciate your link. .. yes i have read " stuff" ..however the everyday to do..that is what must be done and as you yourself say practise practise and practise.
..insight is not in the book..as you yourself would so strongly agree. ..when i see the bamboo... the one thing i am in awe of is it's strength. ..and it's hollow inside..amazing. ..my thoughts recall the poem those "hollow men" by t.s eliot how many of us are shamefully hollow? .. i carry a bamboo stick on my meditation walks around the 4 acre garden. i trust your day is going well cheers merle Merle, it's the differing space between the joints in the bamboo... the breath can be broken-up like this, some while into zazen, to cause a change, and to help an entry into samadhi. No other artifice is needed. This is ancient and proven technology, suited to the human makeup... even if you do not wear makeup. *I* don't, usually. "Check out" Sekida's book: ...from a library, that is... or: http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Training-Philosophy-Shambhala-Classics/dp/1590302834/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341111637&sr=8-1&keywords=sekida+zen Or get it used, locally, as I would, for a few $US, or AU. I've had my copy since 1979. Cheers, strong practice, ;-) --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > i have 30 clumps of bamboos... on this 4 acres...
