It is the same story ...
Sometimes my "little self" resists to sit, and would much rather be watching tv, surfing the net or about anything, then sitting facing a wall.
But the moment butt hits cushion, that resistance quickly drops away. This is the place one belongs.
I will say this too (maybe a little controversial in the modern western Zen world, although maybe not as rare a proposal as one might think if one actually looks at the history of Zazen in the Zen world) ...
... there is a time to sit for 30 or 40 minutes (as we do at our weekly Zazenkai) or to sit for whole days (as at our upcoming two-day Rohatsu Retreat) or even weeks or months of Retreat sometimes in life ...
... however, if one does not feel totally at home sitting 20 or 30 or 40 minutes at a shot (some people feel right at home doing so), then it is fine to sit 10 or 15 minutes, and do not force yourself to sit longer.
10 or 15 minutes is fine, provided that one can sit such beyond all measure of the clock, attainment or goal (in fact, if you are concerned with the clock, attainment and goal, then even those months of Retreat may be a waste).
Sit just a few minutes, but sit beyond time!
(Again, I am not speaking to folks who are perfectly at home with longer sittings)
(So, if sitting beyond time, would not even 1 minute or 1 second be sufficient? In fact, it would ... However, the reality is that it takes at least a few minutes for "beyond time" to sink into the bones). I speak more about this here, and other aspects of "sitting off the cushion" as well, here:
"The 15-Minute Sit"
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...%28Part-XXI%29
Gassho, J
SatToday (at Zazenkai)