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    Here. Now.

    I awaken from a deep sleep.

    Where am I?

    Slowly I realize where I am.

    I am in my bed. I am in my bedroom. I am in my house.

    I feel fear. I feel anxiety. I feel afraid.

    I begin my morning. I make my oatmeal. I pour my juice.

    Meal chant. Breathe. Eat oatmeal. Drink juice.

    My house is so messy! How can I tackle so many chores?

    I feel stresesd. I feel overwhelmed. I feel disatisfied.

    Sitting. Not trying to let go. Going. Gone.

    Fold laundry. Wash dishes. Watch Sesame Street (with kids).

    Here. Now.

    No I. No my.

    Here. Now.

    Gassho.

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    Kyotai
    Guest
    Thank You

    Gassho

    Shawn

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    _/|\_

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    I awaken from a deep sleep.

    Where am I?

    Slowly I realize where I am.

    I am in my bed. I am in my bedroom. I am in my house.

    I feel fear. I feel anxiety. I feel afraid.

    I begin my morning. I make my oatmeal. I pour my juice.

    Meal chant. Breathe. Eat oatmeal. Drink juice.

    My house is so messy! How can I tackle so many chores?

    I feel stresesd. I feel overwhelmed. I feel disatisfied.

    Sitting. Not trying to let go. Going. Gone.

    Fold laundry. Wash dishes. Watch Sesame Street (with kids).

    Here. Now.

    No I. No my.

    Here. Now.

    Gassho.
    Very Beautiful!!!!


    No I No My I really love this.

    what is aware of this I Me My? Is that the same I or not?
    Humbly,
    清竜 Seiryu

  5. #5
    Lovely Dosho! Thank you.

    Gassho,
    Kelly/Jinmei

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    Yugen
    Guest
    Fear and anxiety flourish in dark spaces- exposed to light they evaporate
    like so many shimmering illusions

    Thank you for your courage Dosho. You inspire us.

    Gassho
    Yugen
    Last edited by Yugen; 12-02-2012 at 02:18 AM.

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    Mp
    Guest
    Beautiful, thank you Dosho.

    Gassho
    Michael

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    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

  9. #9
    Thank you Dosho

    Gassho

    Willow

  10. #10
    Thanks for sharing this gift Dosho.
    Gassho
    Myozan
    Last edited by Myozan Kodo; 12-05-2012 at 12:42 PM.

  11. #11
    Thank you Dosho.
    Gassho.
    Heisoku 平 息
    Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)

  12. #12
    Thank you for this teaching.

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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    Thank you,
    Always here, always now.
    Everything here, everything now.
    No thing, no here, no now.

    Gassho,
    Pontus
    In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
    you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
    now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
    the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day

  15. #15
    Love it!
    Many thanks, Dosho and Pontus!

    Gassho,

    Timo
    no thing needs to be added

  16. #16
    excellent Dosho.

    gassho

    Taigu

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  18. #18
    Thank you! that is awesome. I'm going to add that to my poetry/chant journal.

    Gassho,

    Risho

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    That's well done.
    求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
    I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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    empty_fullness
    Guest
    This is incredible! Keep up the creativity-

  21. #21
    What a gift! Thank you brother.

    Gassho

    Dokan

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
    We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
    ~Anaïs Nin

  22. #22
    Very nice! Thanks for sharing
    -Lindsay

  23. #23
    This is good medicine...soothing balm for others (myself, for the time being) also knowing shades of overwhelmedness. Many thanks!

    Ann/Josho

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    JStnton
    Guest
    No I, No My...sounds crazy, sounds true

  25. #25
    Thank you Dosho.
    Gassho,
    Andy

  26. #26
    Thank you Dosho, very nice and very true
    Gassho, Shawn Jakudo Hinton
    It all begins when we say, “I”. Everything that follows is illusion.
    "Even to speak the word Buddha is dragging in the mud soaking wet; Even to say the word Zen is a total embarrassment."
    寂道

  27. #27
    Wonderful Dosho! I truly enjoyed this!

  28. #28
    Thank you! As a stay at home dad with a toddler and can completely relate to this.

    Much metta
    If I'm already enlightened why the hell is this so hard?

  29. #29
    Today you helped me.

    This got me to the zafu.

    Thank you

  30. #30
    Hi.



    Mtfbwy
    Fugen
    Life is our temple and its all good practice
    Blog: http://fugenblog.blogspot.com/

  31. #31
    Very nice Dosho! I especially like the play between “I feel fear. I feel anxiety. I feel afraid. I feel stressed. I feel overwhelmed. I feel dissatisfied.” and "Sitting. Not trying to let go. Going. Gone." Thanks for sharing!

    Gassho,
    BrianW/Jisen

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