Practice zazen as if your hair were on fire. When we sit, we cannot be thinking about yesterday’s actions or tomorrow’s plans. When we while away the time doing this, we are not sitting, but thinking. Sitting should be performed like any other action, we should be consumed by it, so that the thoughts drop … Continue reading Absolute
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Confidence of the present moment
The human brain is hard-wired to judge today’s experiences by those of yesterday. If we have perceived we have failed at something in the past, we carry those expectations with us, held in our memories like pebbles. However, whatever happened in the past, whatever could not be achieved yesterday should not deter us, should hold … Continue reading Confidence of the present moment
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