I sat today (just another sitting) and during the 26th minute mark I realized how much I fidget and this calm sense insight allowed me to really attempt to remain still the rest of Zazen. I shifted once 5 minutes prior to ending, but really the body is covert in getting movement out of meditation!
Hi Raghav, thanks for your comment. It's surprising, isn't it, to feel how often the body fidgets. We don't notice this of course when we're moving through the day because we're moving! When sit in the bamboo pole of zazen, every wiggle is a moment that we can use to wake up to the subtle ways the body-mind resists what's happening. And, of course, sometimes fidgeting is just fidgeting, and we can use fidgeting as the anchor of meditation, bringing the mind's attention to the fidgeting area and relaxing into it and seeing what shifts, what's revealed. Keep on sitting! Bows from San Francisco. Rev. Shoren
Hi Rehn, thank you for the feedback. For whatever reason, this post took me forever to write even though I had given a talk on it a while back and had lots of notes. Have a wonderful week!
I am astounded at the coincidence-
I sat today (just another sitting) and during the 26th minute mark I realized how much I fidget and this calm sense insight allowed me to really attempt to remain still the rest of Zazen. I shifted once 5 minutes prior to ending, but really the body is covert in getting movement out of meditation!
Hi Raghav, thanks for your comment. It's surprising, isn't it, to feel how often the body fidgets. We don't notice this of course when we're moving through the day because we're moving! When sit in the bamboo pole of zazen, every wiggle is a moment that we can use to wake up to the subtle ways the body-mind resists what's happening. And, of course, sometimes fidgeting is just fidgeting, and we can use fidgeting as the anchor of meditation, bringing the mind's attention to the fidgeting area and relaxing into it and seeing what shifts, what's revealed. Keep on sitting! Bows from San Francisco. Rev. Shoren
Thank you very much Reverend!
I wonder-
How did Bodhidharma empty His cup?
By turning it upside down.
The cup lay broken; what of the Teapot?
It's empty.
Excellent message! Excellent writing!
Hi Rehn, thank you for the feedback. For whatever reason, this post took me forever to write even though I had given a talk on it a while back and had lots of notes. Have a wonderful week!