Apparently we are on the same path, Bob! Willytex, Thank you very much for your post. I think you have a lot more experience than I do with zazen. I did not have nearly the exposure you did to top Roshis. I started in the early 60's with Alan Watts and love him to this day (i used to share his love of some other kinds of spirits also). I then moved on to reading Synder and the Beats but it was not until I was recovering from my psychedelic experience that I discovered the zazen practise through a book called "The Three Pillars of Zen". I practised zazen using the koan I shared with AuthFriend and frankly I think it saved my life. This was all before I became a TM teacher or meeting Maharishi. I had read and enjoyed Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, and loved it, it gave me hope, before I went on teacher training. Small world that it is, I met Reps at a library where I was giving an intro and he was giving a talk about art and zen. I totally fell in love with the man. I think he spoke like Henry Miller wrote, like a great middle weight. I met him again in Kyoto. I never mixed TM with zazen although Zen has always made me feel "Mother is at home". Thanks again for your post. 'Centering: The Supreme Awakening' http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/centering.htm
I'm looking forward to studying these links in more depth.
