If breathing "correctly" is all it took to acheive satori, there would be 
alot of enlightened heavy breathers in the world. Although certain postures, 
states of mind, or activities may help me be more open to enlightened 
experience, the minute I believe they are the goal and not just tools for 
the journey...then I am mountains and rivers away from truth. If the 
breathing exercises help you experience the truth of your own True Self, let 
them help you. If they are a burden that entraps you, they are as valuable 
as a heap of dung.

>Greetings!
>
>Years ago, I learned how to do zazen from a book. Specifically, I
>read Katsuki Sekida's book "Zen Training". His instructions on
>breathing, I've since learned, are idiosyncratic.

skip

>This isn't right, unless I would have been enlightened by now if I
>would just mind and count my unmanipulated breath.




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