Retreat was awesome

[BrianW]

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I was also in the live zendo but could not get my camera working so was just a photo of a mantis shrimp larva (if anyone was wondering what the blue alien thing was there that was me )

Ahhh that's what that was. First time I was in the Zen Hall so wasn't sure if that icon just pops up. Nice to hear you were with us...even if in a different form.

Gassho,
BrianW

[Govert]

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Thank you Taigu and Jundo
It was good to sit and now I know who was the shrimp lava ... sitting beside me or better hanging in the air

Gassho

Joris

[Shonin]

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LOL and here I thought the "blue alien thingy" was Dosho. I was the ManyCam box often seen next to the "blue alien thingy".

[Dosho]

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LOL and here I thought the "blue alien thingy" was Dosho. I was the ManyCam box often seen next to the "blue alien thingy".

I was wondering who that was when I was in there...my netbook just didn't like me having the stream and my cam running at the same time.

[KellyRok]

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hello all,

I finished my two-day retreat late last evening...but still, with you all! It was absolutely beautiful!

Thank you all for your committment to this Sangha, it is wonderful to be part of this group. I found that it was a completely different experience than last year, as it should have been. I was more relaxed and focused this year. I didn't have as many troubles sitting for the longer stretches of time - that comes with practice I know. I'm sure our Ango period helped me with that as well. Anyone else feel the same?

Jundo and Taigu - thank you both for all your efforts, sacrifices and humor. You are both appreciated beyond words. _/_ . May this day find you both feeling a little better!

Gassho to all,
Kelly (Jinmei)

[Jinyu]

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Sorry :? I made a mistake ...

[Jinyu]

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I was more relaxed and focused this year. I didn't have as many troubles sitting for the longer stretches of time - that comes with practice I know. I'm sure our Ango period helped me with that as well. Anyone else feel the same?

Yeah! It's true that the retreat at the end of the Ango period was a very good experience, and it wouldn't be the same at all without the Ango... Personally, it allowed me to enter slowly in the good conditions for the retreat...
I can't compare with last year, I did last year's retreat but only the recorded version, and I wasn't really involved in the sangha, so i didn't feel the same pleasure i feeled this year when sitting with you folks!

Jundo and Taigu - thank you both for all your efforts, sacrifices and humor. You are both appreciated beyond words. _/_ . May this day find you both feeling a little better!

Nothing to had... I'm SURE everyone feels the same!

Gassho,

Luis

[bayamo]

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it was end of the school year, which meant tests to prepre and oral tests to administer, lots of running around, but hopefully the next one will come up at a better time..
gassho

[Jundo]

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it was end of the school year, which meant tests to prepre and oral tests to administer, lots of running around, but hopefully the next one will come up at a better time..
gassho

Hi Bayamo,

The wonderful thing about this "recorded for sitting" retreat ... you can sit it any time you have some time!

[AlanLa]

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Just finished my retreat last night, slept in late this morning and then listened to this conversation in my head as I lay in bed:
Do I HAVE to do zazen today?
Yes
But I just did TWO WHOLE DAYS of it
So?
So that means I should get a day off, right?
You know it doesn't
I knowwwww
C'mon, it's good for you
I knowwwwww

So I got up and sat more zazen, only to discover I am still hopelessly deluded.
And yet, somehow I am not...
Hopeless, that is.

My dog could not figure out where the cat was :P

[Tb]

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Just finished my retreat last night, slept in late this morning and then listened to this conversation in my head as I lay in bed:
Do I HAVE to do zazen today?
Yes
But I just did TWO WHOLE DAYS of it
So?
So that means I should get a day off, right?
You know it doesn't
I knowwwww
C'mon, it's good for you
I knowwwwww

So I got up and sat more zazen, only to discover I am still hopelessly deluded.
And yet, somehow I am not...
Hopeless, that is.

My dog could not figure out where the cat was :P

Hi.

I sat some too.
Hardest reterat i've ever done i think, best one too.
And neither, it was a retreat.

and getting out for a walk after almost not seen the outside for two days was awesome, since it snowed a lot and There we're snow everywhere.
Magical, if anything.
Thanks.

And nothing is ever hopeless.
It just is.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[AlanLa]

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Sorry I missed you in the zen hall, Fugen. I tried going in there a couple times and got the blank blue screen is all, but I knew you were out there/somewhere/nowhere/here with me.

Your post reminded me that after the retreat I took the dog for a walk. It was very cold out and very very clear, so the stars were in brilliant abundance. Orion was directly overhead. I said, "Hello universe. I just sat with you. I am one with you" and then I kept on walking the dog, who was fascinated by a completely different, yet same, universe.

[Jundo]

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Thank you both for sitting with all of us, as one. Gassho, J

[Taigu]

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Thank you to both of you. And yes, I love the cat story. The snow too.


Gassho

Taigu

[AlanLa]

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I love dog universes.