Sit-A-LONG with JUNDO: CHANGING HEART, CHANGING TIRES

[Jundo]

A little homework assignment for you, an experiment to help you discover the power of this Practice to change life.

It is something to try even if you are new to this Practice, or if you have a lot of miles down the Zen road.

It is also a litmus test, a demonstration of the ability of this Practice to work great change in your life right now.

Oh, this little act won't fix all the problems in your life, and won't even change a flat tire. You still will have to grab a jack and get to work.

But it can completely change how we experience and react to all circumstances, including detours and crashes and obstacles on life's bumpy road.

Can you find the switch within ... even if you need to "fake it until make it" a bit ... to turn your resistance into acceptance, your desires into satisfaction, your disturbance into peace?

When you find that switch, the problems in life will be just the same as always ... yet as different as different can be.

Your assignment is to flip that switch to change one's whole attitude in that moment. Flip it back and forth, moving between disappointment and contentment, upset and peace, anger and joy ... on and off, switching back and forth a few times in emotions and attitude, good to bad to good and back again ... (even if you must simply pretend that you are better at doing so than you now are. Perhaps some real feeling will emerge just from the play acting).

As I said, problems in your life and in this world will remain. Some may just vanish when the heart drops resistance (many a problem ain't no problem if we merely come to feel "no problem"). For other problems however ... from the small things in life to the biggest issues and injustices that this world faces ... there will still be a lot of work to do, and many things to fix, but our non-resistant attitude will help us to do what needs to be done.

It is a lesson I have learned in my life many times, and in countless problems, whereby changing the heart is as easy as changing an old tire.

Audio / Podcast Episode:

https://treeleaf.podbean.com/e/september-2017-sit-a-long-with-jundo-changing-heart-changing-tires/

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, lovely talk ... and lovely to see you and Sada! =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday/LAH

[Doshin]

Good words. Start road trip today and will work to smile at the tire if needed.

Gassho
Doshin
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[Hoseki]

Thank you Jundo. That was a lovely teaching. I'm going to try do the homework later today. I'm sure someone will come up

Gassho

Hoseki

sattoday/LAH

[Meishin]

Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho
Meishin
Sat today LAH

[Jundo]

Thank you Jundo. That was a lovely teaching. I'm going to try do the homework later today. I'm sure someone will come up

Gassho

Hoseki

sattoday/LAH

Hah! Try sleeping on that same couch again !

Gassho, J

SatTodayLAH

[Jundo]

Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho
Meishin
Sat today LAH

Works good when hurricanes cancel trips to meet Meishin in Austin!

Gassho, J

SatTodaylah

[Meishin]

Works good when hurricanes cancel trips to meet Meishin in Austin!

Gassho, J

SatTodaylah

[Eishuu]

I really needed to hear that today. Thank you!

Gassho
Lucy
ST/LAH

[Shoki]

I live in the last house at the end of a cul-de-sac. There is a common grass area between me and the house across the street. The grass is township property but I cut it. I got home yesterday and there is a sign stuck in the grass: "Please stop cutting the grass at this height. You're killing the grass and helping the weeds! Thank you." My first reaction was; What nerve! If he doesn't like how I cut the grass, he should cut it himself! It's not my grass anyway!" By the time I got in the house I thought; Oh, get over yourself already. What do I know about grass anyway? His grass is nicer than mine. He taught me something so just appreciate it. My wife asked me what I was going to do about all this. I said I'm going to adjust the height of my lawn mower. He taught me something. No need for aggression here. She said "Look at you acting all positive."

Gassho / LAH
Sat2Day
James

[Daiyo]

Hi Jundo.

First of all thank you very much for the teaching.
How lovely to see your daughter, and see you in the role of a dad!

I will certainly try your challenge, but let me share my fresh experience.
As I told when I came back to the forums, I'd been through some time in which I didn't sit regularly. I was angry all the time, arguing here and there.
Now It's been more than 20 days that I sit at least once, everyday. Sometimes (most times?) I'm sleepy. Sometimes I keep chasing thoughts.
But I can certainly assure that zazen has brought me balance outside of the zafu. I'm arguing much less or nothing, I wake up feeling grateful and happy with what I have.
And when things go wrong, I get angry, yes, but do not start arguing with everyone or thrashing all around.

It will be hard to acknowledge every moment that I'm upset, because I usually notice it late, but I think it will be a nice exercise for ango and to keep it going afterwards.

Gassho,
Daiyo

ST

[MyoHo]

Thank you Jundo

Gassho

Myoho

[Taiyo]

Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho,
Taiyo

SatToday/LAH

[Kokuu]

Thank you!

[Jundo]

Hi Jundo.

First of all thank you very much for the teaching.
How lovely to see your daughter, and see you in the role of a dad!

I will certainly try your challenge, but let me share my fresh experience.
As I told when I came back to the forums, I'd been through some time in which I didn't sit regularly. I was angry all the time, arguing here and there.
Now It's been more than 20 days that I sit at least once, everyday. Sometimes (most times?) I'm sleepy. Sometimes I keep chasing thoughts.
But I can certainly assure that zazen has brought me balance outside of the zafu. I'm arguing much less or nothing, I wake up feeling grateful and happy with what I have.
And when things go wrong, I get angry, yes, but do not start arguing with everyone or thrashing all around.

It will be hard to acknowledge every moment that I'm upset, because I usually notice it late, but I think it will be a nice exercise for ango and to keep it going afterwards.

Gassho,
Daiyo

ST

Keep looking for that inner switch ... back and forth ...



Gassho, J

SatTodayLAH