A test

[Rev R]

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1. D
2. D
3. Thomas Jefferson's dirty socks

[Keishin]

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Hellos to all posting here!

from my experience the 'test' isn't so much where your mind goes in zazen or not in zazen, as what you do with it (the various thoughts arising).

[ChrisA]

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Are you sure, everybody?

Are you sure that's where your mind goes?

You and your "sure," Alan!

[michaeljc]

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Anywhere where it wants until 30m. Then bam! I'm in the present until I end at 40 m. I have not done sesshin for many years. Soon I will. I just know it will involve some high impact stuff which I must ignore and move on. Last session I went searching back to something really elating that occurred. What I fool.

[AlanLa]

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Are you sure, everybody?

Are you sure that's where your mind goes?

Don''t be attached to an answer that may be a delusion

Be willing to let go of the answer.

[Heisoku]

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Mind is. The rest is thinking.

[nealc]

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Mine is all over..

One question I have is how much time (guessing) would you say you are "present" and how much time are you wandering? I do a 30-min sitting most mornings, and I'd guess on average I'm present for

1. the first 5 min,
2. in and out for the next 20, present about 10 min,
3. present again for the last 5 (I've gotten a sense of how long 30m is, I can tell when my legs are getting sore that it's time to get back on ZZ' as uchiyama says).

So I'd say about 40-60%... but it varies alot

[AlanLa]

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I could grade this test, tell people what the right answer is, but the thing about Buddhism is that all the tests are self-graded. To grade your own test, may I suggest you look at others' answers and see if one (or more) of them makes better sense.

[Seiryu]

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1) D

2) D

Where can the mind go....?

[Onken]

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When I start sitting, my mind wanders in every direction possible. Running thoughts, racing thoughts, Past, present, future, all over. It takes a few minutes for those echos in my mind to settle. But they eventually do

Gassho,

Matt

[Nenka]

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Go?

The wheel may spin, but . . .

:P

Jen

[Kyonin]

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f. Fantasies

When I sit there is a period of time when my mind seems to just drift and create fantasies of alternative pasts or possible futures. Lots of "what if..." thinking for me. Not sure why that is.

After maybe 5 or 10 minutes I start to settle and my mind sits still. And I love it.

When not sitting, my answer is d. Most of the time.

[Shokai]

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mu

[viktor]

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It's c and c for me too

[ChrisA]

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Beats me.

(Get it?!)