The zazen and the teacher and so on make this easier, but they offer nothing that isn't in the attentive walk on a street.
Thanks, --Chris ch...@austin-lane.net +1-301-270-6524 On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:02 PM, ChrisAustinLane <ch...@austin-lane.net>wrote: > You are in a city very full of life - take a nice long walk and just smell > the incense, the fires, the dung and so on. Listen to the rain. Watch the > water flowing. If you are near to the shore, you can see the waves, the > kids playing cricket, the walkers. The walking crowds, the focused > bicyclists yielding to the autos, the busy busses, there are many chances > to leave your thoughts of yourself behind and just feel life flowing all > around. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Nov 8, 2012, at 7:12, "Joe" <desert_woodwor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Suresh, > > > > It sounds good. You ought to be OK, then. > > > > Thank you!, it's good to have your reply. > > > > I note that you have been a seeker for a long while, and have been > following and appreciating various traces, and have even established in > yourself a new life. So, again, you ought to be alright! And, that is > very good. > > > > Your first posts here gave me considerable concern, because you made > indications that the conditions of your life were so demanding that you > were being drained and pressured, and had found conditions which made it > almost impossible to practice quieting the mind and allowing deepest > relaxation and restoration. > > > > Well, now I understand that it is better than that, and I feel some > relief, myself. > > > > If you still have an interest in Zen methods of practice, I hope you may > get a good introduction to them at a Zen practice center, where there is a > teacher who is heir to a particular lineage. Some teachers are heir to > several lineages, also, which is also extremely good. It's valuable and > important to have such a teacher, because these methods are transmitted > from person to person, and shared by people when we practice. Book-reading > is finding the traces, but it is important to beat a path with one's feet > to a place where people teach and welcome you to practice. > > > > Zen practice is not the only kind of practice "going", as you know. > > > > But if you take up Zen practice, I hope it is with an authentic teacher, > with a real lineage. I would stress that that is the most important. > > > > Wishing you continued strong practice! > > > > --Joe > > > >> SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@...> wrote: > > > >> I understand that all enlightened beings are same like, they > >> themselves real god. Enlightening means, your thinking mind stops > >> totally or it will die, then all together a new center is born which > >> is what make the body move, and which is one and only god. And my > >> perception is this whole universe is god. And for last one and half > >> year I am feeling much more divine, which if I tell outside, people > >> don't believe and tell me that I am hallucinating, so I do not want to > >> stress on that. Because all are god only. What is to get name, all > >> name is belonging to him only. I am him. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
