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Addicted to Stress?!!

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:28:59 GMT

clipped by: kushikushun
clipper's remarks: Yep I am addicted to stress and have get myself in meditation position again to get rid of that rotten habit ; ) But sitting down and shutting up is no way as easy as it sounds!!! So if you want to learn more about that just check out my weblog on http://meditation-air.blogspot.com

Take care and be great!

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Hi my name is Francisca and I AM ADDICTED TO MY BOUNCING-ALL-OVER-THE-PLACE THOUGHTS !

And that big fat Monster under my sitting-pillow is called "FEAR OF LETTING GO":

- Fear of running into all sorts of emotions that I have been neatly piling up in a corner of my mind and that might somehow bubble upwards during zazen.

- Fear of letting go that high energy that keeps me going for more.

- Fear that I will become satisfied with just being relaxed and at ease with the life I am living right now (While I am absolutely not satisfied with some parts of my life and feel I need to do something about it... but I haven't figured what exactly).

Now I heard a "wise" man say to someone: "if you want to stop, just stop!" So there you have it. I am going cold turkey! No more fear, no more stress, no more jumpy bouncy thoughts!

...I am exaggerating here a bit, of course. You cant stop thinking. But I can start sitting. And so I will restart my zazen; every day at least once. And take it from there...

Tags: meditation, mental health, zen, buddhism, stress

A Four Years Old Zen Teacher!

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:21:41 GMT

clipped by: kushikushun
clipper's remarks: "...makes much more sense to live in the present tense...". So True!
For the full post, see the website at: http://meditation-air.blogspot.com.

Clip Source: meditation-air.blogspot.com

Meditation Air

Sharing experiences and information on meditation in a personal manner

It was my fathers birthday last week and as my parents had seated their retired butts on a nice campsite the whole family went there to celebrate. After taking it easy for a while, breathing in fresh oxigen for a change my nephew came to get me. "Aunt Francisca, come over here, you got to help me..." he said. So, I walked with him to some trees where he had a big bucket half full of pine-cones. "Come on, you have to help me fill this bucket" he said. So, I started picking up pine-cones just like he was doing and helped him out. I was picking up pine-cones for about ten minutes when I realised how relaxed I was feeling. I had not thought about a thing other than filling that bucket. But then I started thinking again and I told my nephew that the squirrels might not be too happy about the fact that we were taking all their food away.

My websites

Tags: zen, buddhism, meditation

A Hardcore Punkrock ZEN Monk's Blog

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:23:17 GMT

clipped by: kushikushun
clipper's remarks: Great Blog by Brad Warner. Who writes in a very provocative way about Zen Buddhism, Punkrock and more. The comments that he receives on his blog alone are worth your while!

Clip Source: hardcorezen.blogspot.com

I'm a Zen monk, writer, bass player and film-maker. I wrote a book called Hardcore Zen and my 2nd book is due out in May, 2007. I enjoy getting your e-mails. But please be aware, if you send me e-mail, I may use it in a blog either here or on Suicide Girls.

The Buddha's inclination was not to teach, not to tell anyone.

And Buddh-ISM is an invention of "orientalist" scholarship a couple of centuries ago (see: The Reification of Religion by Jonathan Z. Smith), and has little to do with what the Buddha and his practice was about.

I think it is best if you not mention your practice to most people, or at least wait 10 or 20 years until you have your ego in check.

Gerry

zen in america is a diet plan;lots of experts with alot of advice and of course with proof(enlightenment)if ya just follow them unconditionally.
i rarely discuss being a buddhist and then usually give a used copy of beginners mind or the cd version

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Tags: buddhism, zen, japan, punk