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- Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:11 am
- Forum: Mahamudra
- Topic: What is the point of visualization?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7517
Re: What is the point of visualization?
What is the point of visualization? Particularly when practicing dream yoga, focusing on a white "A" at the throat area. What is the purpose of this? Is it solely to stay focused and present while falling to sleep? Task: Look on a white "A". Implement this task for a while. Reco...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: Mahamudra
- Topic: What is "mind" in mahamudra
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13758
Re: What is "mind" in mahamudra
"Mind" is the expression of conceptual reification resp. grasping.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:22 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Sit with lights on or off?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4449
Re: Sit with lights on or off?
It doesn't matter.mddrill wrote:Hi, do you think it is best to sit zazen with the lights on, off, or with dimmed lights?
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:20 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: How do I know when to start shikantaza?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3792
Re: How do I know when to start shikantaza?
Ive been practicing meditation for about 9 months now. how do I know when ive developed enough concentration to stop following the breath and begin shikantaza? You do not need "concentration" to simply sit, you need to understand the uncontrived difference between "practicing" s...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:18 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Suzuki Posture
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2592
Re: Suzuki Posture
Roshi Shunryu Suzuki said to "push your diaphragm down toward your hatha" I don't understand how to do this. does this mean to flex my stomach muscles? To actually implement the task "simply sit", has nothing to do with "postures". To focus on the task "simply sit...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: How to stop desiring in meditation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6140
Re: How to stop desiring in meditation
Stop the meditate. Stop to "practice" simply sitting .. and simply sit. To "practice" simply sitting is just like "thinking about it".mddrill wrote:Hi, I cant seem to stop desiring my meditation to be one way or another.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:14 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: eradicating defilements
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5852
Re: eradicating defilements
If you "practice" simply sitting instead of simply sitting, it doesn't "uproot the defilements".omnifriend wrote:does shikantaza uproot the defilements? thank you.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:12 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: How does movement arise?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10241
Re: How does movement arise?
I have more or less come to the conclusion that everything I am aware of, or experience, are movements of (the) mind. Whether they are thoughts or 'external' phenomena - they are mind - moving. If you "focus" on that with your consciousness, your insight is just the expression of craving.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:09 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Vision going blurry?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4011
Re: Vision going blurry?
while sitting sometimes my vision goes blurry and my eyes start to hurt and sometimes they start to close on their own does anyone have advice on this? Problems with your "states of consciousness"? That's because you're "practicing" simply sitting instead of simply sitting. You ...
- Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
Same in this thread. The sectarians have only fear for their sect. But this is not necessary and only expresses the lack of understanding of their own practice. Recognicing ones own »practiced imlementation« resp. »conceptual reification« of the task and therefore recognicing »an« subjective »simply...
- Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:23 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: How to stop desiring in meditation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6140
Re: How to stop desiring in meditation
The sectarians have only fear for their sect. But this is not necessary and only expresses the lack of understanding of their own practice. Recognicing ones own »practiced imlementation« resp. »conceptual reification« of the task and therefore recognicing »an« subjective »simply sitting« instead of ...
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:08 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: How to stop desiring in meditation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6140
Re: How to stop desiring in meditation
Hi, I cant seem to stop desiring my meditation to be one way or another. I know that in zazen im supposed to let go of ideas of gaining something but I don't know how to do that does anyone have any advice on this? Stop trying to meditate Yes. But »stop trying to meditate« resp. »don't trying to do...
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:21 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
Next time I sit and drink my tea I'll ponder over your wisdom. Exactly, »actual« simply sitting is synonymouse to »actual« acting normal; primordial-unfabricated resp. primordial-uncontrived. But don't think, »..so..there is nothing to do« or »..so.. I behave myself completely natural« or »..so..I ...
- Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:37 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
...But thank you that you helped me with finding out what can be misunderstood in this text. For example, I have to put the brackets like this: Whenever you catch yourself »practicing simply sitting«.... instead of Whenever you catch yourself practicing »simply sitting«.... because most people are a...
- Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:28 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
I still have no idea what your talking about.. ? Because you still haven't recogniced the difference between »practicing simply sitting« and simply sitting, respectively »practicing leaving everything as it is« and leaving everything as it is, respectively »practicing acting normal« and acting norm...
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:34 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
All these things are just instructions on zazen. They essentially mean -- leave your mind alone, do nothing, Let your mind quiet itself. There is no other way to practice. There are exactly two ways to implement tasks like this. Shikantaza has nothing to do with »practiced implementation«. Practice...
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:20 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
There are exactly two ways to implement tasks like this. Shikantaza has nothing to do with »practiced implementation«.Jesse wrote:All these things are just instructions on zazen. They essentially mean -- leave your mind alone, do nothing, Let your mind quiet itself. There is no other way to practice.
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:13 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: To breath or not to breath
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11795
Re: To breath or not to breath
"Do nothing at all, this is the way to study Zen." Keizan Jokin "In Zazen we don't do anything with our mind, we don't count breath, we don't watch breath." Shohaku Okumura Quotes 2,4,6 and 8 are shikantaza. These quotes can be »shikantaza«, if they are »actual« implemented. Opt...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:49 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Unity's theory on the nature of mind
- Replies: 201
- Views: 37342
Re: Breaking samaya if one talks about rigpa?
Don't forget, most of the critics of you, follow the same subtle focus like you, even if they calling himself Dzogchenpas and tell you: "You're wrong, I'm right." So no worry.Unity wrote: I give up.
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:16 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchenpa's nose
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1617
Dzogchenpa's nose
Continuation from here The point Malcolm is making thigle, is that 'lobster' has declared himself to be an arhat. But another much more important point is Simon, that some people declared himself to realised an authentic introduction. And some of them, now cracke jokes about lobster, unity & co....