Zen as Embodiment (3) - One for All, All for One

[Tai Shi]

I try to live now but I hop between now then and yesterday my Marjorie Pearl helps a lot. She teaches me to look at cornfields and describe what they look like now. Ever wonder why it’s “look like?”
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Tokan]

Hey all

"we must sit fully trusting that our sitting fully embodies and expresses all things, everything, every moment wholly in each moment of our own sitting"

....it's a bit like having x-ray vision lol!

Thanks Jundo

SatLah, Tokan

[Kaisho]

Thank you for the teaching.

Now is then / Then is now. And if now is now and then how do we live in the present? Does this mean time is ficticious in the zen sense? You are very right that this is a very hard topic to contain and wrap the mind around.

Either way I shall have faith in the teaching.

Gassho,
Sat/lah

Apologies for more than 3 sentences.

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[Jundo]

... And if now is now and then how do we live in the present? ...

When else have you ever been living?

And if you remember the past, you are remembering the past now. And if you dream of the future, you are now thinking of the future.

If you mean "being in the now," I have always thought of that as a Zenny skill we learn to do SOMETIMES when appropriate (e.g., when looking at a sunset), but at other times, it is more important to "let the now be as it is now" (a different skill), even if that now is being a little sad right now about the past, or a bit worried right now about the future. More here:

Being mindful of 'mindful'

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7910-Being-mindful-of-mindful

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kaisho]

That was very useful. Thank you

Gassho
Sat-lah

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[Tai Shi]

Because I sit daily, my practice has been healthy. Because my doctors say I’m in the best health in years, I have discovered sitting with happiness makes sitting easier.
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Tai Shi]

Zen as Embodiment (3) - One for All, All for One

Physically, mentally at this moment as I listen to the beautiful voice of second soprano singing the line rejoice from Handel, I’m moved, and at this moment I am moved to hear Judas Macabe recounted in song. At this moment I am alive. As I hear Mozart’s Requiem I am moved to understand a beauty I can understand in the listeners’ ears.
Gassho
sat/ lah
Tai Shi


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[Horin]

I love this Zen as embodiment series. So inspiring, thank you for these teachings, jundo!

Gassho

Horin

Stlah

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[Tobiishi]