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This morning\u2019s sunrise above. The colors created by sun, snow, eyes and mind were quite spectacular and I tried to capture it for you, greased pig as it is to \u201ccapture\u201d something!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a few days now with my teenagers at their mother\u2019s to dig back into writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, and I\u2019ll be preparing for the <\/span><\/span>online <\/span><\/span>talk via Webex this Saturday, <\/span><\/span>10am-11am CST (-6 UMT), <\/span>\u201cMaking Manifest the Great Earth\u2019s Gold: Zen and Service.\u201d There are still plenty of virtual seats available at this point, so send me an email and I\u2019ll sign you up.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The book I\u2019m working on deals with the old \u201cHealing Point of Zazen\u201d material on thinking, not thinking, and nonthinking (and then polishing the tile, distinguishing silent illumination zazen and shikantaza\u2026).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The point that has gotten more and more clear through the writing process is about thinking and how we regard our thoughts in zazen \u2013 and off the old zafu.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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That is, how we meet thinking in zazen reflects how we meet the world off the cushion and the other way too, of course. I\u2019m told that one American Theravadan teacher yells at his students in meditation, \u201cThinking is garbage! Throw it away!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Such a rough attitude might work for a short period of time to attain a course and uneasy settling of mind. For a profound quieting, imho, thinking into not-thinking, a more subtle and kinder approach that is equally direct with less future bounce-back see this blog post from June: click here<\/a>. Wow, what to do about that sentence!
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Anyway \u2026 I\u2019m editing the linked piece now as chapter 5 of what might be a rather long book \u2026 so feedback would be welcome.
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