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    This happened while in zazen

    While sitting today I tried to find me.

    But there was nothing to be found.

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Sat/LAH
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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    Tairin
    Sat today and lah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyonin View Post
    While sitting today I tried to find me.

    But there was nothing to be found.

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Sat/LAH

    But I am glad you are “here” my friend

    Doshin
    St

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    Treeleaf Priest / Engineer Sekishi's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyonin View Post
    While sitting today I tried to find me.

    But there was nothing to be found.
    And what a relief this can be!

    "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self."

    Deep bows,
    Sekishi #sat
    Sekishi | 石志 | He/him | Better with a grain of salt, but best ignored entirely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sekishi View Post
    And what a relief this can be!

    "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self."

    Deep bows,
    Sekishi #sat
    Sekishi,
    It is interesting that you say this can be a "relief". That word often comes to mind when I try to think of what zazen is. It's a relief. A relief of not having to prop up and constantly support this made up concept, this self invention, this cockamamie idea of what I sometimes think self is.

    Gassho
    STlah
    James

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyonin View Post
    While sitting today I tried to find me.

    But there was nothing to be found.

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Sat/LAH
    _/\_
    Gassho
    Onka
    st
    穏 On (Calm)
    火 Ka (Fires)
    They/She.

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    Kotei sat/lah today.

    義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.
    Being a novice priest doesn't mean my writing about the Dharma is more substantial than yours. Actually, it might well be the other way round.

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    Thank you for sharing Kyonin

    Gassho,

    Ippo

    SatToday

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    Thank you for sharing Kyonin,

    And what a relief this can be!

    "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self."
    I find it to be truly a relief. This is not mine, this I am not, this is not myself,
    yet I exist.

    Gassho
    Washin
    sattoday/lah
    Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
    Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
    ----
    I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
    and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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    Yesterday, upon the stair,
    I met a man who wasn't there!
    He wasn't there again today,
    Oh how I wish he'd go away!
    Gassho
    Heisoku
    STLAH


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    Heisoku 平 息
    Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. (Basho)

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    Hi Kyonin

    While browsing the forum I found you.
    While sitting I lost myself,
    and no-one could be found.
    And yet....

    Gassho, Tokan

    SatLah

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    While sitting with the cloud of experience, a thought rang clear as a bell: This is not me, this is not mine.

    Gassho
    Kyōsen
    Sat|LAH
    橋川
    kyō (bridge) | sen (river)

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