Our 2021-2022 NEW YEAR's EVE 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- CELEBRATING A NEW THIS MOMENT!

[Washin]

I just found out that my mentor, Doshin Cantor of the White Plum, passed from this visible world yesterday. We will dedicate this Zazenkai to Mitch, and have a special memorial Zazenkai for him next week.

Peace to Mitch and all who loved him.

Gassho,
Washin
StLah

[Anchi]

[Sekishi]

Zoom and youtube are ready to go.

Condolences and Metta to all beings.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Bokugan]

I just found out that my mentor, Doshin Cantor of the White Plum, passed from this visible world yesterday. We will dedicate this Zazenkai to Mitch, and have a special memorial Zazenkai for him next week.

Peace to Mitch and all who loved him.



Nine Bows, J

Metta to Doshin Cantor's family and all who are affected by this loss [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]

I will be joining you all this evening up through the first two Zazen periods, but will bow out early so I can spend the evening bringing in the new year with my sweetie.

I will join you all for the talk and hokey pokey over the weekend [emoji846]

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Heitou]

Sorry I can't be there, I am hosting family tonight but I will catch up later. Happy New Year Everyone.

Gassho
Heitou
SatToday

[Meian]

I just found out that my mentor, Doshin Cantor of the White Plum, passed from this visible world yesterday. We will dedicate this Zazenkai to Mitch, and have a special memorial Zazenkai for him next week.

Peace to Mitch and all who loved him.



Nine Bows, J

Much metta for the loss of your mentor, Jundo. [emoji120] May his memory and legacy always be a blessing for us all.

Deep Bows
meian stlh

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[Jundo]

Ah, William Blake ...

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

The rest of the poem, well, actually a call for non-violence and being kind to animals!

A Robin Redbreast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeons
Shudders Hell thro’ all its regions.
A Dog starv’d at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus’d upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fiber from the Brain does tear.

He who shall train the Horse to War
Shall never pass the Polar Bar.
The Beggar’s Dog and Widow’s Cat,
Feed them and thou wilt grow fat.
The Gnat that sings his Summer song
Poison gets from Slander’s tongue.
The poison of the Snake and Newt
Is the sweat of Envy’s Foot.

More here: https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poe...see_world.html

Maybe I know now why people mostly only quote that first part!

In any case, how the brain makes spacial dimensions, time measures, size measure (anyway, I think that what this is ... ). It is easier to understand Vimalakirti ...

... we found that spatial information is processed in a network of brain regions symmetrically distributed on both hemispheres and that comprises dorsal frontal and parietal regions, pre‐SMA, anterior insula and, to less extent, frontal operculum, and inferior parietal lobule.

The symmetrical distribution evidenced in the omnibus meta‐analysis rules against the idea of a right hemisphere specialization for spatial cognition proposed by past studies (Fink et al., 2000; Halligan, Fink, Marshall, & Vallar, 2003; Marshall & Fink, 2001), at least if we consider the general spatial processing, regardless of the function investigated.

A bilateral dorsal frontoparietal network that includes dorsal premotor regions and frontal eye fields in frontal cortex, and precuneus, superior parietal lobule and intraparietal sulcus in parietal cortex was found commonly activated in all spatial tasks. Although to lesser extent, bilateral activations in ventral frontoparietal network were also found in the inferior frontal gyrus and in inferior parietal lobule.

This pattern of results suggests that the frontoparietal networks support a shared mechanism that is involved in the execution of all spatial functions, rather than being implicated to several task‐specific processes. The challenge is to identify such putative mechanism underlying the spatial functions.

From: Where is the “where” in the brain? A meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies on spatial cognition
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6865398/

Also: How does the brain measure time?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121030210339.htm

The monkeys were trained to move their eyes consistently at regular time intervals without any external cues or immediate expectation of reward. Researchers found that despite the lack of sensory information, the monkeys were remarkably precise and consistent in their timed behaviors. This consistency could be explained by activity in a specific region of the brain called the lateral intraparietal area (LIP). Interestingly, the researchers found that LIP activity during their task was different from activity in previous studies that had failed to eliminate external cues or expectation of reward.

"In contrast to previous studies that observed a build-up of activity associated with the passage of time, we found that LIP activity decreased at a constant rate between timed movements," said lead researcher Geoffrey Ghose, Ph.D., associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. "Importantly, the animals' timing varied after these neurons were more, or less, active. It's as if the activity of these neurons was serving as an internal hourglass."

Oh well.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Onkai]

Thank you everyone - have a wonderful new year. This zazenkai was a perfect way to end one year and begin another.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/lah

[Jakuden]

Good to sit with you all to start the New Year, dear Sangha. Thank you Jundo, Sekishi, Shoka and everyone!

Gassho and Happy New Year,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Anchi]

What a great way to start the New Year!

Thank you Jundo and Thank you dear Sangha for another lovely Zazenkai.
Thank you Jundo for this '' Magic '' talk and delightful teaching.


May we all and your loved ones be happy, healthy, and free from suffering.

May the New Year Bring Magic and Bright Beginnings.


Happy New Year, Happy Each New Moment Everyone!


In Peace with Nine Bows

[Sekishi]

Thank you all for coming together to practice.

Thank you Shoka for taking the wheel for part of the Zazenkai so I could have a New Year’s Eve meal with family.

Thank you Jundo for the talk (which I’ll have to listen to tomorrow!) and for creating this place for us all.

Thank you to all beings who manifest the great mystery - beautiful even when flawed and confused.

See y’all next year.

Deep bows,
Sekishi


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[Bion]

I could not have entered 2022 in a better way than with all of you! Thank you all and have a wonderful rest of the evening! Much love to everyone!

[emoji1374] Sat Today

[JohnS]

This was my first Zazenkai, and I loved it. Thank you Jundo, and all of you!

[Bion]

This was my first Zazenkai, and I loved it. Thank you Jundo, and all of you!

Oh wow, that is wonderful! Lovely to have sat and danced and learned together! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] Sat Today

[Zenkon]

I just found out that my mentor, Doshin Cantor of the White Plum, passed from this visible world yesterday. We will dedicate this Zazenkai to Mitch, and have a special memorial Zazenkai for him next week.

Peace to Mitch and all who loved him.

Dick

sat/lah