Grass Hut - 8 - Who Is This Person

[RichardH]

When I'm sitting on the cushion, thoughts of self and no-self can pause. Then it is simple.. no self or not-self, this or that. here or there. That bright "simple" is where things...existential questions, are settled at their root. Then ordinary self is more transparent.. not so heavy.

but take this with a grain of salt.

Gassho
Daizan

sat today

[Jika]

Nindo's link was very helpful to me.

I think during the last week I've experienced some of the effects created by use or lack of personal pronouns:
When simply "washing the face" instead of "my face", I felt more kindness and releave towards my own body, dropping the stories.
Just being careful in the moment, accepting what is.

When visiting friends, I was unable to compare "my" taste for home decoration with "theirs".
Would they like visiting "me" or find my rooms shabby?
Simply enjoying being together in the living room, things are easier.

Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[ForestDweller]

How coincidental! My husband and I just started a practice of dropping off "my" and "mine" from our conversations. So "My pain is bad today" becomes "Pain is bad today." Likewise, "That dog is mine" becomes either "That is dog" or "That dog is" Already this change has had the effect of lightening up the sense of possession of persons and things which leads to greater freedom. ^ForestSatToday^

[Jishin]

Grass Hut - 8 - Who Is This Person

Dear Ones,

This week is Chapter 5, "Who Is This Person?" ... The Person In The Hut Lives Here Calmly ...

I have a little peccadillo in my writing, when expressing a taste of Emptiness, Wholeness, Non-Self, of switching pronouns from "me, you, she" to "one" and such ...

One gets very far, one finally arrives ... by one's sitting still.



Here is an experiment that I would like everyone to try for a day or as much of a day as one can: In one's thoughts, replace "I" and "me" as much as possible with "One" or with no personal pronoun at all ... for example, "I am hungry" would become "One is hungry" or "am hungry". "I am going to work" would become "One is going to work" or just "Going to work". "My hair" is now "One's hair" or just "hair". Do this, as much as one can, with all one's thoughts, and report back here whether it softens up the sense of a fixed personal self a bit.

Who is this person?

Come on man. Quit Jundoing.

Just Jishining

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_