Yeah, perhaps you're right. Maybe I should let IT have a morning routine -- though I doubt I or IT hs that kind of loyalty.
Thanks Ian, Rod Rod Scholl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Johanson Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Zen] Morning Meditation >My difficulty is in why establish a routine? Without Yoda to command >me, I would be doing it for the wrong reasons. I think in time, I >will find it easy, and natural, and it won't be a matter of using an >obscure commitment to "follow-through" doing "what I vowed to do" even >though there's no "rational purpose", etc., but I'll find the time of >day I'm allowed to get away with sitting, and then the habit will lead >the rulemaking, rather than vice versa. Is this like giving up the idea of "I am in control, and I am going to determine when I sit, and also I am going to enforce said commitment" in order to "let IT sit" as it were? I'm getting that expression from that book "Zen in the Art of Archery". "Let IT shoot". On the other hand, IT might sit at 6 a.m. every morning without fail. Ian Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi. New or used at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570622280/ref=ase_actionh eroesc-20/002-4507763-9442460?v=glance&s=books> Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi. New or used at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570622280/ref=ase_actionheroesc-20/002-4507763-9442460?v=glance&s=books> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
