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The Meditation Thread: Post your meditation here !
Floating_Abu
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Post your meditation session here ! Example: Sat today for 45 minutes after the cat woke me up etc.
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The sweet sweet presence of silence. Fresh air.
Thankyou zazen.
_/\_
Namaste.
First just before a dinner appointment.
Second one - after I returned.
Dimmed the lights, lit a candle, rang the bell and sat down on my zafu to meditate. Spine straight, mudra, breath relaxed, zazen - 30 minutes.
Thankyou to you all for joining me, friends. I appreciate it very much.
Gassho.
40 minutes, mind a bit more unsettled tonight. All good.
I wussed out eventually because I was restless and then saw that I had 4 minutes left. I could have made it, but there is no such thing as a failed meditation, so I did good.
rest rest rest.
Best,
Abu
I'll join you after a bit of coffee. Indubitably.
The 10 was supposed to be a 25 but I had an idea of a question on a book I was reading (about buddhist teaching) and I wanted to write the question down so I would remember.
Well the 2nd sit started out with me thinking about stuff like where my practice is going, but as soon as I reminded myself that there is no future practice, just this breathing at this very moment, I got a new focus like I have never had... There truly was nothing else but my breathing... It's hard to explain, but there was a sense of expansiveness, like I was not restricted to my body, I had no conscience of a body, just no boundaries... hard to explain, but it was quite an experience for me. The problem though was that as soon as I recognized the state I was in, like contemplating what was happening, even in the slightest way, I would lose it... Then I would refocus on my breathing to get it back... Then recognize it and lose it again, and the cycle kept repeating.
So today's was exciting in what I found, yet frustrating that I couldn't stay there... Does this make sense to anyone?
I'm contemplating another sit to see if I can get back to that focus and feeling.
Good sit, bad sit, wild sit, dull sit, crazy sit, imaginative sit - just - stillllll sit.
It is our practice and it is beyond a wild ride or two, regardless of what we may learn or notice in those moments.
I think sitting is a bit like nature, we cannot force things to be a certain way. But we can cultivate sitting and therein allow the flowers to bloom in of themself.
Well wishes, and peaceful tidings my friend.
Abu
I hear ya, im picking up that people don't want to hear about my experiences as others are not sharing... very well, ill stop. I don't understand the reason though... I would think there would be much we can learn from the experiences of others.
Thank you.
Not at all.
With thanks,
Abu