--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > > > Checkpoint of Wumen: > > > > > > "The Great Way is gateless, approached by a thousand > > > paths. Pass trough this barrier, you walk freely in > > > the universe." > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9fmn7 > > > > Ravi Yogi: > > I'm lost - what are you saying? Just sitting is one of > > the great practices of Zen - so you do agree on the > > effortful practice to reach effortlessness? > > > You should avoid the extremes of too much effort and > not enough effort. It takes a little effort to sit down > at first, but your mind should not be exerting any effort > in order to transcend. Avoid concentrating too hard on
> any particular thought, but do not try to extremely avoid > thoughts. You should find a middle way between too much > avoidance of effort and not enough, but you should not > extremely avoid extremes. > Cool.
