Chris, You are a Sunday school teacher!?
Do you teach the standard Christian delusions or Zen? Just curious... Edgar On Dec 8, 2012, at 2:20 PM, ChrisAustinLane wrote: > Yes, I undertake Zen training and endeavor to live from a perspective of > non-duality, and practice the religion I grew up with in the US Episcopal > church. I believe some of my co-religionists are a bit skeptical that we are > really Christian, but we don't worry too much about that. I find the Zen > training helps me act in the way my religion recommends - just sing when > singing; just listen when listening; don't hold onto my own ideas about > myself in the face of this moment of creation. > > Being a Sunday school teacher is interesting - kids are both honest and open > to others, but also liable to start stealing or mocking or hitting. > > Some of the kids really seem to like our bit of quiet time, and it is in > general quite different from their normal lives of busy-ness and > accomplishment and iPods and the like. > > For my own kids, they see me sitting and I probably buy more story books from > the Buddhist tradition for reading than I would have without the training - > tho we are always eager for good folk tales from any source. > > The biggest way the training helps is that I am less twitchy when I sit, and > more able to listen and see some right action instead of freaking out. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Dec 8, 2012, at 8:31, [email protected] wrote: > > > That sounds nice. > > > > Do you teach at a Christian Sunday school? I've always felt that > > Catholic contemplatives (read: St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of > > Avila, The Cloud of Unknowing, Anthony De Mello, et al) were all > > bodhisattvas in their own right. > > > > I'm just curious how people incorporate their practice into family life. > > > > Thanks for sharing, > > > > Hong Yeong Soo > > > > On 12/7/12, ChrisAustinLane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Over eight years, my wife has twice sat with me and the kids occasionally > >> sit with me but never for long enough to need a timer. > >> > >> When I teach Sunday school we sit while I count to ten breaths two or three > >> times. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Chris Austin-Lane > >> Sent from a cell phone > >> > >> On Dec 7, 2012, at 18:44, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >>> do you ever sit zazen with your family? > >>> > >>> hong yeong soo > >>> > >>> On 12/7/12, 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > >>> reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
