Do get into the zendo and do meditate. Don’t follow the breath, and don’t ignore the breath either. Do use the natural reference point of the body. Then, whatever arises, don’t do anything. Don’t add. Don’t subtract. Don’t divide. Don’t take away its original value. It takes a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zr3xaGjm4

Do get into the zendo and do meditate. Don’t follow the breath, and don’t ignore the breath either. Do use the natural reference point of the body. Then, whatever arises, don’t do anything. Don’t add. Don’t subtract. Don’t divide. Don’t take away its original value. It takes a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7zr3xaGjm4

What is the motivation or intention of jumping to conclusions? Be generous with the space that is called your mind. If you bring your awareness on the cushion it will invisibly and mysteriously infiltrate your life. You can actually have an open dimension there. Be willing to rest in the space between belief and disbelief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95MPmVsaYwY

What is the motivation or intention of jumping to conclusions? Be generous with the space that is called your mind. If you bring your awareness on the cushion it will invisibly and mysteriously infiltrate your life. You can actually have an open dimension there. Be willing to rest in the space between belief and disbelief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95MPmVsaYwY

How can we work with our minds when we keep resurrecting something that is over with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNv3CNJy5Mo

How can we work with our minds when we keep resurrecting something that is over with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNv3CNJy5Mo

We are generally taught in life to lead with our thinking. This is not necessarily a problem, but we tend to over-do it, but thinking is generally based on partial evidence. Sometimes thinking takes you further down the rabbit hole of difficulty and anxiety. Sokuzan talks about how to train your mind to strengthen the awareness so that when you go into a situation you lead with your awareness rather than a group of thoughts based on hope and fear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbbgturtos

We are generally taught in life to lead with our thinking. This is not necessarily a problem, but we tend to over-do it, but thinking is generally based on partial evidence. Sometimes thinking takes you further down the rabbit hole of difficulty and anxiety. Sokuzan talks about how to train your mind to strengthen the awareness so that when you go into a situation you lead with your awareness rather than a group of thoughts based on hope and fear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndbbgturtos

This is a translation of the Japanese word “shikantaza” which describes a style of meditation that Sokuzan recommends. It is simple way of using the body as an anchor to observe mind with the intent to find out precisely what this is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMjRW1bC6Y

This is a translation of the Japanese word “shikantaza” which describes a style of meditation that Sokuzan recommends. It is simple way of using the body as an anchor to observe mind with the intent to find out precisely what this is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMjRW1bC6Y