When they do motion studies on experienced vs novice folks of all sorts of muscular activities, the experts use fewer motions to through same effect.
One could not even breathe or move blood or digest without.muscles. I haven't fallen all the way over yet but have leaned one way or the other more than I expected to! On Oct 16, 2012 2:42 PM, "Joe" <desert_woodwor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Chris, > > Tee-hee, I've fallen over myself. Just plain-old nodded-out. You know > how it happens, on warm afternoons, on sesshin. One can get > plum-tuckered-out, and very, very comfortable. Especially when it's warm. > Before dinner. > > There *IS* a minimum-energy posture, though. I say *it* takes no muscular > effort, and I am right, 90% of the time. The effort is only minutely > expended, when the balance shifts, and the body notes that, and corrects > it. I should stress *minimum*-energy expenditure posture, not ZERO. Only > dead Patriarchs whose bodies are preserved in Aspic and set upright at > Ch'an temples in China get to use zero energy. E.g., at the Temple of > Hui-Neng. Some say it's not his real body, though, but I think that's just > a quibble, and beside the point. > > --Joe / emulating the Leaning Tower of Pisa > > > Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > > > I assure you if someone shot you whilst sitting with a dart gun with a > > muscle relaxant your spine would fall over. > > > > The effort may not be needed but the muscles certainly are. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
