Chris, I use nothing. I don't time my Zen... To me that's contrary to the essence of Zen...
Edgar On Dec 7, 2012, at 4:27 PM, ChrisAustinLane wrote: > > So what do you use? The last time I lost power thru a hurricanes action, I > used the stick of incense method. > > I don't have a noun called zen, my questions were about timing the practice > of zazen, an action. I am sometimes very relieved of anxiety when the bell > rings for sure. Sometimes having the external timer lets me oddly enough not > worry about time during the sitting action. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 13:01, Edgar Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris and other electricity dependent Zennists, >> >> God almighty! Are technological gadgets so necessary for your Zen? Does your >> Zen vanish when your batteries run out of juice? >> >> Or are you just so anxious to get up from your zazen you want to time it to >> the last second? >> >> Something is not kosher here! >> :-) >> >> EDgar (who's Zen is not on a timer!) >> >> >> >> On Dec 7, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I think that post has an extraneous Since in it. it also has a what >>> spelled with a t. altogether the plan was more like this: >>> >>> Is that that you use now? >>> >>> Interesting how just one or two people being gone can totally disrupt our >>> prolific writing dynamic. >>> >>> --Chris >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2012 12:34 PM, "Chris Austin-Lane" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Since is that that you use now ? I think they also have mp3s with the >>> bells and the silence. >>> >>> My problem with the phone is I sometimes pick it up when the screen goes >>> dark and my focus is scattered. Not an issue with the kitchen timer but >>> usually I bother the family when I use that. >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2012 8:54 AM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Chris, >>> >>> ...And, just to "buzz-out" whether one can go directly to a photo on the >>> Group site using a URL, I find that one can. >>> >>> I think one MUST be logged-in at YAHOO!, however, else one might not have >>> privileges to see anything pertinent to ANY Group. >>> >>> URL of the timer pic is: >>> >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/photos/album/1898264123/pic/1284144028/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=161&count=20&dir=asc >>> >>> Well whattya know. ;-) >>> >>> --Joe >>> >>> > "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: >>> > >>> > Chris, >>> > >>> > I've put up a pic of my modified 10-button count-down timer, with added >>> > green LED, and out-board battery box. >>> > >>> > It's in the Photos area at the Group website [snip] >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are >>> reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
