Hit send too soon. ---- As a time of sitting with absolutely still mind but a restless body.
I find the hybrid word body/mind to be useful. You can't experience a re-union of body and mind - only know the union. I just don't want readers to think that zen will change them so they have a unified body and mind - that is already there. Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Dec 5, 2011, at 6:57, ChrisAustinLane <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me re-phrase - in all places and times, our body mind and spirit are one. > > The contents of whatever thoughts we have may or may not reflect that unity, > but they are just thoughts anyways. > > For example, one may notice that a particular time of sitting will seem like > you mind was totally absent,being totally distracted. You might think one > might as well not sat at all. But since it is not your body sitting, not your > mind sitting, you notice that in fact it has tweaked your perspective just as > much as > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Dec 4, 2011, at 17:43, Chan JMJM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> Not sure that I fully understand your question. Perhaps I should detail a >> little more about "in the zone". >> >> It is a state without thinking and everything we do is spontaneous, natural >> and effortless, while often times in our everyday life, our body, mind and >> spirit operating in a loosely connected way. While in the zone, they are >> one without separation or distinction. >> >> This is not a mental state, it is a state of being integrating body, mind >> and spirit. Or in Buddhist terms, surpassing the Realms of Desire, Form and >> Formlessness. Or in other words, surpassing the hindrance of physical, >> mental and spiritual karma. >> >> Thank you for the opportunity to share. >> JM >> >> >> >> On 12/4/2011 3:35 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Chan JMJM <[email protected]> wrote: >>> In other words, in such a state, our body, mind and spirit are one. In >>> modern language, we are "in the zone". We are in a state of most natural, >>> effortless and automatic state of being. >>> >>> >>> Are you saying there is some state when body mind and spirit are not one? >>> Or are you talking about something other than reality, but the contents of >>> our mental beliefs, which do not always hold dualistic beliefs. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> --Chris >>> [email protected] >>> +1-301-270-6524 >> >> >>
