Mike, Shikantaza is like that. It does seem to be something you 'slide' into, and although afterwards you can say that one moment you're not there and the next moment you are, there is no awareness of the transition when it happens.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > 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 > ------------------------------------ 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/
