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Posted on Jul.14.2008 @ 12:33PM EDT by Polly
Hey y'all
You know, I just popped in to see what was goin down in the old zenforum...s'been a while you see :-)
But it got me thinking, Poor Monks post. My sitting got rusty...then non-existent...Enquiry and meditation ceased. Some kind of realisation made me lazy - I then just thought 'What's the point?'. There was nowhere to go, nothing to do. I wanted something...was chasing something...then realised there was nothing to find.
Please - what is the point to sit? To enquire?
Pols
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.14.2008
01:17PM EDT
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Sitting has no status attached to it, nothing to accomplish, and thoughts flow in and out like through an open door, but we tend to close it. It is opened again when we reflect on everything around us as containing a lesson, as having a relationship to us, more than our thoughts and denial. We sit through the pain of separation from the true identity of being connected to all, just as sitting, so sitting becomes action without thoughts. |
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Reply from BlankName
Jul.14.2008
03:34PM EDT
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sitting is an Art.
I asked the book The Art of Just Sitting.
It has a point, but to say you got the point be.. missing the point
Books are helpful
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.14.2008
05:52PM EDT
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With sitting, laying or standing, one can use thoughts less, and in that find peace through mindfulness. |
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Reply from 9999999
Jul.14.2008
06:35PM EDT
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blah blah blah |
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.14.2008
06:51PM EDT
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almost a song |
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Reply from Snibbler
Jul.14.2008
11:35PM EDT
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Just a tribute |
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Reply from -----0
Jul.15.2008
02:22PM EDT
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The point of sitting is immediate experience of what is all there is, right there and then, and not something you would have to practice for years in order to achieve some kind of transformation. |
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.15.2008
04:05PM EDT
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sitting is like raining... the intention and the body become one |
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Reply from boymonk
Jul.16.2008
12:37AM EDT
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S p a c i o u s n e s s |
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Reply from shayne
Jul.16.2008
06:58PM EDT
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The point of sitting is to find the point. to concentrate the mind. sitting also lowers blood pressure. sitting is also used to realize their is nothing to grasp.that the immediate is all their is. this now.
but their is also a time to contemplate when sitting,
above all dont wooble.
when sitting contemplate.
when sitting dont contemplate.
to have a keen mind that can contemplate is good. to have a keen mind that can think is good. thinking is part of reality.
also sitting affects the state of mind. |
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Reply from shayne
Jul.16.2008
07:08PM EDT
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Bhavana - mental culture, development, the control and evolution of the mind, meditation .
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.16.2008
07:38PM EDT
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or just listen, to everything, equally well |
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Reply from shayne
Jul.16.2008
09:12PM EDT
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not or. or signifies an exception. you accept everything.
listen and contemplate.
its ok to contemplate.
two extremes.
on one hand you have contemplation. on the other you dont.
balance is the key.
sometimes you contemplate. sometimes you dont. |
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Reply from shayne
Jul.16.2008
09:14PM EDT
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yes equally. i see what your saying. |
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.16.2008
09:59PM EDT
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yeah, equally... that's why we exist
And now, the fun begins. Of course at times it doesn't feel that way, but it's the transition, stepping out of a rigid set of rules that brings life in, to every moment.
I'm just blabbing.
I'm shavin' all my hair off!!!
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Reply from Polly
Jul.17.2008
06:53AM EDT
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Thanks guys...I appreciate y'all taking the time to give your tuppence :-) I'm kind of inspired - but i'm lazy. Sitting can always wait til another day. I need to top up the tan and tend to puppy.
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Reply from shayne
Jul.17.2008
07:53AM EDT
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your welcome. |
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.17.2008
10:03AM EDT
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all is welcomed, gradually |
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Reply from lehish
Jul.17.2008
03:58PM EDT
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Quote: "
not or. or signifies an exception. you accept everything.
listen and contemplate.
its ok to contemplate.
two extremes.
on one hand you have contemplation. on the other you dont.
balance is the key.
sometimes you contemplate. sometimes you dont.
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control-"balance" is an idea that there's something to control-blance and someone which can
who are you ? |
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Reply from ______
Jul.18.2008
04:54AM EDT
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Do what the other guy says, sit on the point and keep on drillin' for guts. Or take my advice and don't. |
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Reply from ______
Jul.18.2008
04:55AM EDT
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Quote: "Quote: "
not or. or signifies an exception. you accept everything.
listen and contemplate.
its ok to contemplate.
two extremes.
on one hand you have contemplation. on the other you dont.
balance is the key.
sometimes you contemplate. sometimes you dont.
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control-"balance" is an idea that there's something to control-blance and someone which can
who are you ? "
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Who are you? What are you?
I'm a spanner to your nut. |
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Reply from lehish
Jul.18.2008
03:59PM EDT
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where ? |
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Reply from ______
Jul.18.2008
04:28PM EDT
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Torque. |
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Reply from ______
Jul.18.2008
04:38PM EDT
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Torque. |
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Reply from lehish
Jul.18.2008
04:38PM EDT
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where ? ;) |
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Reply from ______
Jul.18.2008
05:13PM EDT
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Reply from IZIZIZ
Jul.18.2008
07:23PM EDT
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Why do YOU sit? |
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Reply from Snibbler
Jul.18.2008
09:06PM EDT
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Why do YOU ask? |
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Reply from Woodsman
Jul.18.2008
09:24PM EDT
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But, but.... two buts are better than one, to sit on. |
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