Bill, 4 hours a week??? That's ALL the zazen you do?!!!!
Gosh from the way you talk about sitting being the essence of Zen I expected you did it every waking moment you could.... I guess you are more normal than I had feared! :-) EDgar On Feb 21, 2013, at 4:29 AM, Bill! wrote: > Mike and Joe, ...and, well, okay...Edgar too, > > I agree with this. I sit (zazen - shikantaza) about 4 times a week in the > morning for two twenty-minute sessions. > > When my schedule is interrupted, especially for a week or so, it doesn't take > too long before I can notice the difference. But as Mike said it is easily > and quickly restored. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > > > Joe, > > I'm completely on board with you. Even on the micro-level (say after a few > rounds of sitting zazen) you can feel the space between thoughts shrink if > you don't keep up the intensity. But once thru the gateless gate there's a > kind of 'muscle memory' that makes coming back to the mat easier each time. I > think it was to Edgar that I previously pointed that Buddha maintained daily > meditation until the day he died. > > Mike > > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone > > > >
