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[Kukai Myoe]

Hi Kokuu. Welcome to Treeleaf.

gassho,
Kukai

[Bansho]

Hi Kokuu,

Welcome, nice to have you here.

Gassho
Ken

[Martin]

Welcome Kokuu

Gassho

Martin

[PapaDoc]

Welcome from a fellow Georgian. Enjoy the community here.
David aka PapaDoc

[Komoku]

Hi kokuu! and hello to everyone else new to the forum in the past several days. I haven't been the best on keeping up with welcomes lately.

I'm interested in the heartbeats. Did you learn that technique or has it come along naturally in your practice? The reason I'm asking is because I heard some teaching about this on Zencast which is actually more Vipassana oriented (Insight Meditation, Theravada).

I like listening to their Dharma talks too, but the meditation is different. Just wondering how the heartbeat focus started with you. Again, welcome.

[dharmabump]

Welcome!

[Tony-KY]

Welcome Kokuu !


Gassho,

Tony

[PapaDoc]

Just thought, the river that runs past my house, the Chattahoochee, rumbles down hill to your city of Columbus on the way to the Gulf of Mexico. I have been to the source of this river up in north Georgia in my early days of trout fishing (catch and release) as well as to the bay in which it ends its journey. I have a deep sense of connection with this river and find myself using it for meditation on many occasions. Funny piece, this spiring I went with one of the park rangers to "investigate" a sighting of an alligator down from my home. I was surprised to find an 8 foot gator swimming by the bridge over a major highway here in north Atlanta. Stumpy has since disappeared...conjecture is he headed south to your neck of the woods. There must be a koan hidden within all this. If an alligator snaps in north Atlanta....
DAvid aka PapaDoc

[Rev R]

Why Stumpy?

And thanks doc, you've now replaced the chorus from "The Gambler" with "Chattahoochee"

[Shiju]

Welcome, Kokuu.

I'm interested in your practice. I have found that when I'm sitting absolutely still, my heartbeat becomes prominent in my awareness, because it is the only physical activity I'm consciously experiencing. So the practice seems quite natural.

Gassho,

Ben

[Fuken]

Welcome aboard, sorry I'm late!

Gassho,
Jordan