I don't feel very well right now. I'd rather go back to sleep. And I've already had over eight hours of sleep last night. I'm going to get some tea.
The Practice
Morning Zazen - 1 hour and 20 minutes
Dharma Talk by Roshi - 1 hour and 15 minutes
Reflection
The talk yesterday was about "thinking non-thinking." It's impossible and unnecessary to try and stop thinking. The practice of sitting is about watching what the mind does rather than prevent it from doing what it does. It's going to do it anyway and to fight it is futile. It's about noticing the different beliefs we have about ourselves. It's not about the content of thought. It's about the awareness that there is content. The content itself doesn't matter. We tend to believe that certain thoughts are more important than others or more insightful, but awareness itself doesn't care about our insightful thoughts, it just wants to be aware of itself.
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