woah_its_kevin

I have something I want to say but it is too personal to put it on here. That's the first time that has happened... Well that thing sticks in my mind. So when I try and meditate that thing is the hardest thought construct to break down and breathe out, so it takes me an extra 10 or 15 minutes to get into it... It's not really a big deal though, I don't mind too much. After all, that thing ISSSS a positive...

"When we practice zazen (Zen Meditation) our mind always follows our breathing. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually there is just one whole world. In this limitless world our throat is like a swinging door. The air comes in and goes out like someone passing through a swinging door. If you think "I" breathe, the "I" is extra. There is no you to say "I" What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. It just moves; that is all. When your mind is pure and calm enough to follow this movement, there is nothing: no "I", no world, no mind nor body; just a swinging door." -My good friend Sean quoting some Buddhist guy.

I do believe that there is a lower case "i." But in the end there seems to be the same realization of suchness. And working towards suchness for Sean is the same as working towards that lower case "i" for me. So it all means the same thing...