Originally Posted by John
We have to remember that most of these talks were given to encourage people sitting during sesshin, periods, and what resonated with me in this chapter was the really important need for these long and intense periods of concentrated sitting. As she intimates, it is hard to get rid of intrusive thoughts about present concerns that our cunning mind readily brings up during our daily periods of sitting. It’s only when we can get away from these concerns for a while that we can get really into our meditation and start to see through ‘ our thoughts, our needs, our attachments’, I think. I really will have to get to some retreats next year – that’s a resolution!