Merle, That book sounds interesting. I wonder: what is the title? And who wrote it? Is it still in print? Just out?, or has it been available for a while?
I wonder if you have the nice, large size (8 1/2 x 11 inch pages) classic Taoist books, illustrated with photographs, of Lao Tse's and Chuang Tse's books (see details in links below at the Amazon US site): http://www.amazon.com/25th-Anniversary-Edition-English-Mandarin-Chinese/dp/0679776192/ref=pd_sim_b_3 http://www.amazon.com/Chapters-English-Mandarin-Chinese-Edition/dp/0394719905/ref=pd_cp_b_1 These have been out since the 1970s, and are just beautifully made. Elegant B & W photographs, with Mandarin script overlaid, faced by a page in English. Not many words per page, really something to contemplate. Maybe to be "read" at a speed of one page per day... or one page per WEEK! Much of Zen lore is steeped in this Taoist legacy. See if it resonates with you. I think it will! And the illustrations may give ideas for paintings or drawings. The Editor, Jia Fu Feng, is a great Tai Chi teacher; the Photographer, Jane English, is also great at what she does. --Joe PS In what you wrote, it seems to me as if the stimulation and restlessness of the mind created by the reading is actually a good thing. "Practice" takes a lot of forms, and sometimes activity -- even activity of the mind, of course -- is what makes us "move" in our lives, and in our practice. Yes!, we can lose sleep over it! What could be a more important reason, or cause? ;-) > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > i am reading a book about the breath..last night..then i could not relax to > go to sleep..my mind became activated into deep thought...the mind became > restless ...the images in the book were beautiful..relating to the seasons, > meditation and zen practises...yes billlllll i do have a problem..my mind... > to understand i need to understand through my mind...then i can move on..when > the mind is restless i cannot move on..and again i have no way from here to > going to a zen centre...merle ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
