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Jundo
11-19-2014, 03:57 PM
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

ATTENTION! Our "AT HOME" 2-DAY ROHATSU RETREAT - December 5th to 7th! BE READY! ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12931-ATTENTION%21-Our-AT-HOME-2-DAY-ROHATSU-RETREAT-December-5th-to-7th%21-BE-READY%21

Though sometimes we may daydream in Zazen ... and though all of life is somewhat of a dream ... why Zazen is not Daydreaming ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12936-Daydreaming&p=142126&viewfull=1#post142126

Instead of feeling Entitlement ... better to feel endless Gratitude ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12932-Entitlement&p=142127&viewfull=1#post142127

And, in a similar way, sitting as endless Big "S" Satisfaction even when in the "getting-old-crisis" ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12937-The-getting-old-crisis&p=142245&viewfull=1#post142245

Sitting for he health and ease in all ills, for the entire Plum Village Community ... Thich Nhat Hanh (in hospital) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12923-Thich-Nhat-Hanh


A Re-MINDER on SIMPLICITY:

In a Zen Monastery, SILENCE or A FEW WISE WORDS are cherished over MANY WORDS. Thus, I advise folks to restrain the need to speak unless the heart truly calls. If you find yourself posting many times each day, maybe consider what truly needs to be said ... and when it is best just to answer with silence and an inner Gassho.

SILENCE OR A FEW HESITANT WORDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT OFTEN SPEAK MOST PROFOUNDLY. Post when it is truly important to you and needs to be spoken from the warm heart.

(too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)

Also, to those who may get lost among the many threads and conversations in our Forum, please think of a monastery made of wood or brick, with 100 monks holding 10,000 conversations in the hallways, kitchen, Abbot's rooms and library (I assume no chatting in the Zendo where people sit Zazen).

Would you need or want to hear or join in all or most conversations? Of course not! You would, at best, pick and choose the conversations relevant and helpful to you.

So here too in our Sangha, NO NEED TO READ EVERY CONVERSATION: Try to note the ones that seem helpful to your Practice or interests, leave the rest. The above threads are a few suggestions.

Gassho, Jundo

Tai Shi
11-20-2014, 09:52 AM
I have been absent with three days in the hospital and now returned with willingness. Doctors were treating reactions to severe and chronic pain. WE have come to some solutions. I meditated two or three times daily, sometimes flat5 on my back--I was seeking more than relaxation and sometimes came to deep zazen. Please wish me well as I proceed in the moment.

Elgwyn
Gassho
Sat today

Myosha
11-20-2014, 11:57 AM
Hello,

You are nowhere else.

Metta to all.


Gassho,
Myosha sat today

Kyotai
11-21-2014, 06:33 PM
Take care Elgwyn

Gassho, Shawn
Sat today

Jundo
11-22-2014, 01:23 AM
Take care. May you be healthy and at ease in all your ills.

Gassho, Jundo

Sattoday

Tai Shi
12-31-2014, 06:32 AM
Thank you.

Elgwyn
Gassho
sat today,

Mp
12-31-2014, 06:37 AM
Be well Elgwyn ... know this too will pass.

Gassho
Shingen

Sat today

Tai Shi
01-02-2015, 02:08 AM
This is sometime since my hospitalization, and I have improved in my pain management. I believe my zazen practice helps though this is not a purpose in practice. I am not sure. I am committed to my practice and happy to be part of Treeleaf.

Elgwyn
sat today
Gassho