>Maybe you sit to do zazen and your head and stomach ache... people always >say, "MY head hurts, MY stomach hurts" Any one of us will continue to >describe about every part of the body... "MY hair is brown" "MY bones >ache" "MY muscles are cramped" "MY eyes are blue" "MY brain has a >tumor" "MY throat... MY jaw... MY blood... MY heart ....... and so >on. After every body part has been covered, what part of our bodies is >the ME? Where are WE in the body? Instead of saying, "my head/stomach >hurt when I sat down to do zazen" maybe try saying "this head hurt" and >"this stomach ached" or "there is this ache" and remember that these are >passing. What happens when you are doing zazen and you feel an itch, it >passes. So do cramps and aches. So does the body itself, breath by breath. > >In fact, the breath can be traced from "outside" the body into the mouth, >to the throat, to the lungs, and then the blood, so where is the line >really? As we sit in a house we are "outside", in the walls of the house >breathing the same air. Earth is in outer space, so aren't we in space, >on earth? There is only a gradual change in the density of air. There is >no line. > >Regarding the old post about zen and comedy, Jeff Foxworthy had a bit >about the experience of a fish getting caught out of the water being >probably the closest thing to an out of body experience that a fish could have. > >Any thoughts on these subjects? (Any help with some clearer language use >maybe?)
This is very clear, thank you. Sometimes it is very difficult to sit with unpleasant sensations. I want to get up and do *anything* but sit there. But if I can put up with it, I think there are very important lessons to be learned there. >"While the ball is going up, while the ball is going down, and when the >ball is bouncing" What does this mean? Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi 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/
