Re: [Zen] Return to Emptiness: from nervous nellie

[uerusuboyo]

Bill!,<br/><br/>When you put shikantaza into practice, is there a conscious 
decision to drop the following of the breath which leads into shikantaza, or 
does it just naturally cease? When I enter the jhanas/samadhi, I find the 
breath becomes so fine/subtle that it seems to have stopped. This creates a 
very pleasurable sensation and switching focus onto this feeling is what takes 
me into the first jhana. I'm wondering if your shikantaza is anything like 
that? <br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad