tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244708008022394442024-02-20T03:37:51.736-05:00Zen WaterA blog for those looking for a short focus for daily meditation and buddhist news.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-90434192403534975012011-07-12T07:23:00.001-04:002011-07-12T07:26:31.704-04:00No ExpectationsMy apologies for a lack of postings recently. The Grand Rapids Zen Center opened and the response was much greater than expected and it required a lot of my time. Things are settling down and I am getting into a routine. What I learned is that having expectations is not right thinking. It is better to have no expectations so that you can experience what is and don't get caught up in what was or what might be. It was a very god lesson for me---abandon expectations, accept just what there is. <br />
I also wanted to share this article form today's Washington Post entitled, "The Inconspicuous Buddhists Among Us". Very interesting article and I hope you'll take the time to read it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-meditation-on-the-inconspicuous-buddhists-around-us/2011/07/11/gIQAlx2u9H_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-meditation-on-the-inconspicuous-buddhists-around-us/2011/07/11/gIQAlx2u9H_story.html</a>Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-31176751798885850042011-06-23T07:53:00.000-04:002011-06-23T07:53:41.557-04:00Why Do Things Happen They Way They DoWhy do things happen the way they do? Why are some experiences good while others are not? We've all heard the question, "why do bad things happen?". From a Buddhist perspective we would say it has to do with karma---but be careful---karma has nothing to do with reward or punishment. Karma has nothing to do with judgment. Karma is about result; a non-judgmental result. Karma is a result from an intention and/or action taken. Think of it as a consequence. If we put a match to paper it catches fire. If we tell someone we love them we feel good and maybe they do as well. If we hold a negative thought, negative things sometimes happen. Natural disasters occur because certain factors coincide to bring about e.g., an earthquake, tornado, or tsunami. Just the simple result of the rising of certain causes and conditions. In our lives what is happening now is the result of past actions. What we are doing now will cause certain results in the future. Those results are not rewards or punishments, they are just the result of actions taken and nothing more or less. So when the question of "why is this happening" comes up, don't look for a reason, look instead to intention and action---what is happening results from those and not from a place of reward or punishment. To reward or punish is to judge. Karma makes no judgments. Only we do. Wonder what would happen if we made no judgments? What karma results then?Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-39532349602206454532011-06-22T07:20:00.000-04:002011-06-22T07:20:26.832-04:00What the Research ShowsOver the past year there have been a series of research articles detailing the beneficial effects of a regular meditation practice. Here is a summary of what the research is finding. What follows is a short list of some of the areas where they have found that a meditation practice has had lasting benefit: stress (this is an easy one!), psychotherapy, fibromyalgia, smoking cessation, depression, anxiety, anger, cognitive processing, chronic pain, eating disorders, post traumatic stress to name the ones that have been studies the most. If you take a close look at this list you might notice that all of them have an underlying current of pain and suffering. If we call to mind the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths we can see that the First Noble Truth---suffering---still resonates 2500 years after he gave this teaching. And, the teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness interestingly begin with the Mindfulness of Breathing. So what we can take away from the the Buddha's teaching and current research is that he was on to something---that a place to begin to relieve suffering is through Mindfulness of Breathing, i.e. through a regular meditation practice. Here we are 2500 years later acknowledging what he tried to get us to understand 25 centuries ago.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-37523822908378757302011-06-21T06:53:00.000-04:002011-06-21T06:53:44.942-04:00The First Foundation of MindfulnessThere are Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This week let us concentrate on the First Foundation: Mindfulness of Breathing. In short, this means being mindful of the simple process on which our entire being depends---breathing in and breathing out; inhale and exhale. We take it for granted. Don't even imagine just how crucial this process is. How many times a day does this simple in and out of breath happen? Think about it. I mean really think about it. If the next breath doesn't come then what? So simple yet so crucial to everything. No breath/no life. It all boils down to the next breath. If you think about it, about the necessity of your next breath, then just how important are all those things that nag and annoy? Wouldn't it be better to be thankful for the breath from moment to moment? When you start to see life, not just yours but all life in this way, then you begin to move away from the delusions of life. Greed and anger start to fade. What steps in to take their place is the simple peace of the next breath. This is how life is. It is the next breath. We need the breath, we need life if we are to see things as they are and let go of our attachments and our cravings. We will move away from the things we needlessly cling to and abide in things just as they are. Nothing else matters except that fundamental truth---things are as they are. This is where the First Foundation of Mindfulness will lead you. This is the possibility being mindful of breathing reveals.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-81160003189460840162011-06-20T11:29:00.000-04:002011-06-20T11:29:08.303-04:00Where are you?This week let us step back and take a long view of our practice. What have you learned from the contemplation of how the senses work? Have you been able to experience that what you see, hear, smell, taste, or touch begins and ends inside your head? Have you noticed that once those senses arise your mind begins to make choices and judgments: have you heard the words "I" "me" "mine" "you" "yours"; decided "like" "dislike"? These words, when we think them, speak them, hear them signal that we still see the world and everything in it is separated. We see things in terms of inner and outer, subject and object. As our practice evolves and we come to see that in truth there is no I or you, there is just "things as they are", our judgments fall away and so do all the things that cause us pain and suffering. It all starts with our first sense encounters. When we can really experience how they work in conjunction with our discriminating mind we can begin to see how much of I me mine you and yours dominate the way we approach the world. If we can really experience this at a visceral level we can begin to experience the world in a different way. Compassion and loving kindness step in where judgments once took up space.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-49544130587398676432011-06-17T09:26:00.001-04:002011-06-17T15:12:59.805-04:00Something to consider for the weekendComing empty-handed, going empty-handed---that is human<br />
When you are reborn where do you come from?<br />
When you die where do you go?<br />
But there is one thing which always remains clear.<br />
It is pure and clear, not depending on life and death.<br />
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What, then, is the one pure and clear thing?Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-48820954311173722252011-06-15T05:23:00.000-04:002011-06-15T05:23:43.258-04:00Where is "Me"?Here is a question to consider. At what point in our development does the thought, "this is me"? first arise? We are told that this is a crucial point in a child's development; the point at which the child starts to differentiate him/herself from everyone else. Our thoughts become consciousness: we become "conscious" of the world around us and of the "me" in the world. Where does that consciousness come from? We can see, hear, touch, taste, smell and that explains a lot about how we take in the world around us. But, where do our thoughts, judgments, feelings, reactions come from? The mind? Where exactly is that? I'm not talking about your brain, I'm talking about the mind. Where is the mind? The mind is where consciousness arises. But, where is it? The mind is where notions of "I, me, mine, you, your, it" come from and the mind is where we spend so much of our time. The questions, where is the mind and where does "me" come from, perhaps don't have clear answers, but the questions alone are worth pondering. In our practice we talk a lot about the mind, the conventional and the original mind, so we should keep these questions in front of us. They might help us in our practice. Don't seek answers, just be with the questions.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-71594051710053687572011-06-13T07:03:00.000-04:002011-06-13T07:03:36.339-04:00A News ItemToday we should all keep Tibet in our intentions. The Chinese government has once again this year closed Tibet to foreigners. Citing safety concerns, the Chinese government said it will not admit foreigners to Tibet until at least mid-August. Please keep the Tibetan people in your thoughts. The Buddha taught that the first Noble Truth is that life is unsatisfactory, is suffering. What the Tibetan people, a buddhist people, are going through is a lesson in the First Nobel Truth. While we may not be able to be there to help them, our intentions, and our support can reach them. There are many organizations that help. If you can, send your support to one them.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-21848085136981926552011-06-09T06:48:00.002-04:002011-06-09T06:48:45.638-04:00What IfWhere does the world we experience begin? Where does what we call "I" or "me" begin? It begins with our senses. Through our five physical senses we take in sight. sound. smell, taste, touch. Through our sixth sense, our mind, we form perceptions and make judgments about what the senses take in and we begin a series of thoughts about likes and dislikes all of which center around "I" like or dislike. Then "I" moves on to "I" want this for "me". The world is seen as "other" or "you" or "it". What if the particular sense faculty you are working on this summer no longer was available to you? Then what? What if all the sense faculties were gone; then what? What if they were all gone---what remains? Where do then find the "I", "me", "you", "it", "mine", "yours"? How can you make those distinctions if the senses are all gone? We take our sensory world for granted. We make all these judgments and evaluations without really thinking---they just happen don't they. How different would the world be without our senses and how different would it be without our judgments.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-37409431427984603612011-06-09T06:48:00.000-04:002011-06-09T06:48:27.387-04:00What IfWhere does the world we experience begin? Where does what we call "I" or "me" begin? It begins with our senses. Through our five physical senses we take in sight. sound. smell, taste, touch. Through our sixth sense, our mind, we form perceptions and make judgments about what the senses take in and we begin a series of thoughts about likes and dislikes all of which center around "I" like or dislike. Then "I" moves on to "I" want this for "me". The world is seen as "other" or "you" or "it". What if the particular sense faculty you are working on this summer no longer was available to you? Then what? What if all the sense faculties were gone; then what? What if they were all gone---what remains? Where do then find the "I", "me", "you", "it", "mine", "yours"? How can you make those distinctions if the senses are all gone? We take our sensory world for granted. We make all these judgments and evaluations without really thinking---they just happen don't they. How different would the world be without our senses and how different would it be without our judgments.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-49832687496214949722011-06-07T06:58:00.000-04:002011-06-07T06:58:22.206-04:00A Little HelpAs you continue your work this summer I'll try to provide a hint or two to help you with your practice. Here's today's hint. It is the very first line of the very first chapter of the Dhammapada, the best introductory collection of the Buddha's teachings (everyone should have a copy):<br />
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<b>Our life is shaped by our mind: we become what we think.<i></i></b><br />
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I urge everyone, if they can, to get a copy of the Dhammapada, particularly the translation with commentary by Eknath Easwaran. If you do, then take some time to read the Introduction and the first chapter, "Twin Verses & Vigilance".Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-53314033882018015242011-06-06T06:46:00.000-04:002011-06-06T06:46:33.089-04:00DeceptionMost of us think in terms of only the five senses. But, in Buddhism we consider the mind a sense organ. This might come as a surprise to some of you and it takes a little getting used to---the mind as a sense organ just like the other five. As you work on the sense organ you have chosen to work on over the summer and are asking who or what "senses", every few days switch and ask the same question about the mind: who or what thinks. In a later post We'll consider the mind in a bit more detail, but for now, just hold the thought that the mind, or what we consider the mind to be, is a deceiver. Our conventional mind plays tricks. It is the ego's lover. But there is another mind, the true mind, the Buddha mind that is in each of us. That mind, our true, original mind, only experiences the ultimate truth. So, at least once a week ask yourself, who or what thinks. Then return to working on the sense you have chosen to consider this summer. <br />
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If you have questions or want some help feel free to email me at deokwun@grzen.orgDeokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-81369093014919039932011-06-03T06:41:00.000-04:002011-06-03T06:41:02.328-04:00The Senses are The FoundationThe reason I thought we should pick one of the senses for our summer focus comes from the idea that the senses are the foundation for our cravings and our suffering. While our lack of appreciation for the impermanence of all things is part of why we experience pain and suffering of all kinds, it is from the senses that they first arise. Consider this teaching from Master Nagarjuna:<br />
Form, sound, taste, touch,<br />
smell, and concepts of things,<br />
these six are thought of as<br />
the foundation of<br />
desire, hatred, and confusion.<br />
As we work on the one sense faculty this summer, consider how that one sense alone leads to the craving for the experiences that sense faculty brings and how those experiences, pleasant or unpleasant, can make you frustrated, judgmental, angry, confused. And, how do those feelings show up for you? How do they turn your day around? How does it affect you and those around you?Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-40235286423225364882011-06-01T07:50:00.000-04:002011-06-01T07:50:26.670-04:00Who's There?Hope you read yesterday's blog. If not, then it might be a good idea to go back and read it so that this post makes some sense.<br />
As we focus on the one sense faculty we have chosen to work on this summer, I will remind you of the questions that we must hold. Today, just focus on: "who hears (or sees, smells, tastes, touches---let's stay away from thinks for now). If you wake up in the morning and hear the birds singing---who is it that hears? In silence is there sound? Must there be the birds for the ear to hear? If you were deaf, who hears? Don't try to work it out. Just hold the question. There is nothing else to do.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-40852423509056854362011-05-31T14:01:00.000-04:002011-05-31T14:01:18.607-04:00Summer ApproachesNow that Memorial Day is over we are moving towards the summer. This is the time of year when all of our senses are alive. Fragrant, bright flowers, song birds, tasty fruits and vegetables, sun on our skin, the mind wanders. It is also a good time of year to focus your meditation on one of the senses. Let's take sounds. What the ear hears are the objects of the hearing sense. But, if there were no sounds would the hearing sense still be there? What is it, or who is it, that hears? Is an audible sound necessary for the sense of hearing? Just sit with those questions for for the entire summer: what or who hears and must there be a sound for the hearing sense, the ear, to work? Don't look for the answer. Just sit with the questions. There is nothing more to do. Just sit with the questions. Even when you think you know, you probably don't. Be patient. Just keeping asking. Stay with this one sense (or choose another) and stay with it for the summer. Stick to it. Just that. Nothing else..Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-36304761866488559602011-05-26T07:00:00.000-04:002011-05-26T07:00:53.867-04:00What is "The Way"We speak often of "The Way" or "The Path". The Noble Eightfold Path is 'The Way". But, what is the essence of "The Path/The Way"? Chinese Master Zhang Shangying teaches that the essence, the heart of "The Path/The Way" is simply this: virtue, humaneness, justice, and courtesy. If you think about it The Noble Eightfold Path (right understanding,thoughts, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration) leads us to the four ways of being that Master Zhang Shangying teaches. When you can't recall the eight parts of the Noble Eightfold Path just think of being one of the four the Master teaches and you will be on "The Path/The Way".Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-56666051515719999432011-05-25T15:36:00.000-04:002011-05-25T15:36:41.543-04:00Be the MiddleI overheard someone today complaining about how they didn't get what they wanted. It was a trivial thing no matter how you looked at it. They were ranting so that anyone within ear-shot could hear. It was clear that this person had a strong sense of entitlement and that the person who stood between them and the object they sought was the target of their anger and the object the target of their greed. But, what was really behind the rant was the dissatisfaction they were experiencing because they could not have what they wanted. I wondered what would happen if they had succeeded. What would they want next? It was a living example of the workings of the ego---workings that I am all too familiar with and workings that I battle daily. I wanted to share the following with the person I encountered this morning, but they were in no mood to listen. So I will share it with you instead in hopes that it may bring some insight into your day.<br />
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<i>between left and right,<br />
just be exactly centered,<br />
suspended like sun and moon<br />
without any self</i><br />
GuanziDeokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-64766893429424289882011-05-24T14:44:00.000-04:002011-05-24T14:44:28.418-04:00Joplin MissouriWe must all keep the people in Joplin in our thoughts. They are suffering so much. Do what you can to help them. It is also a time for us to reflect on the impermanence of all things. Everything is subject to this universal law of impermanence. We may desperately cling to the notion that things can and will remain just as they are, but they don't. Our relentless craving for permanence only leads to pain, sorrow, lamentation, distress, and despair. Many of the people in Joplin have expressed these emotions, but there are others who see things "just as they are" --- they talk about getting past the tragic events and moving on to what's next. How truly wise they are. What can we learn form both groups? It would be wrong to ignore the suffering or treat it lightly. This suffering is real and in it are the lessons. It is in the suffering that we find liberation from suffering. Suffering and liberation---the same thing. This is what the Buddha teaches us to understand. All things are one including suffering and liberation. It may not make sense to you right now, but if you sit with this notion of the two as one, you may find a moment of awakening.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-11397709037967358462011-05-23T10:45:00.000-04:002011-05-23T10:45:25.524-04:00Keep KnockingIn Zen, when a novice shows up at the monastery for training he/she is refused entrance for up to a week. Each day they knock and each day they are rudely refused entry. When they are finally invited in they are put into guest quarters for a few more days to sit in meditation. All of this is to test their resolve for Zen training. It requires patience, fortitude, and unflinching commitment. I often think about the times I have wanted to enter into something I really wanted. Each time I wanted it NOW! What I discovered is that the things that come easy fade just as easily. It is the things that we have to work hard for, the things that are at first refused us that stick. What is it you have been refused that you wanted? Were you able to sit outside the door and knock and wait and knock and wait? What are your knocking at the door for these days? Can you sit in silence and patience? If not, then are you knocking at the right door?Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-50527389328166127612011-05-22T06:37:00.000-04:002011-05-22T06:37:28.212-04:00To Find The WayTo find The Way, to discover the Path there is one sure method---cease from making judgments. Yet, how hard it is. It is what we do, what we have learned. Nothing comes as easy as being for or against. But, this is where all our suffering begins; this making judgments. I know that despite my best efforts I still do. I have to constantly remind myself of these words from Master Sheng-yen from his verses, "Faith in Mind":<br />
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<i><b>If you want the Way to appear<br />
Be neither for nor against<br />
For and against opposing each other<br />
This is the mind's disease</b></i>Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-39720997808672540752011-05-21T07:09:00.000-04:002011-05-21T07:09:42.842-04:00The Dog in the ForestIn Zen we work towards a return to our true mind; a mind free of discursive and discriminating thinking. Koans are a device that helps us on our Path to liberation. Koans can take many forms. Everything can be seen as a koan if we approach life mindfully aware of "just this". Today, let's carry with us a kind of koan from Master Dogen. It is not a tradition koan, but it might help us to free our minds from the traps and distractions were are prone to. Just carry this phrase with you today and see what shows up. Whatever does show up, don't chase it. Instead, recognize the thoughts then let them go. Here is the phrase:<br />
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The forest runs around the dog</i>.<i></i></b>Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-26259359903755060402011-05-20T13:18:00.000-04:002011-05-20T13:18:13.222-04:00It's Been A WeekFor the past week I have been working with a group of volunteers to get the Grand Rapids Zen Center is shape to open on June 5. We held a ritual cleansing of the space on Sunday May 15. Expected 15 people---60 showed up. Perhaps this is Grand Rapids' way of telling us that we have come to the right place at the right moment. Is this the city's karma? Is it time for the Buddha Dharma to take root here? The Buddha taught that we must use upaya (expedient means) to bring the Dharma to the places and people who need it at the time and in a way that appeals to them. I ask that all who read this keep us in mind and send us the intention that what we do brings the Dharma to Grand Rapids in a way that attracts people to the Path and that their lives are the better for it.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-74934694042275333542011-05-10T07:42:00.000-04:002011-05-10T07:42:11.990-04:00Buddha's BirthdayThis is the week that we celebrate Buddha's birthday. We celebrate not the man, but his teachings. After all, he was just a man, no different from the rest of us. What does set him apart is his enlightenment---his awakening to the Truth. Rather than keep that Truth to himself he dedicated his life to sharing that Truth with those who wanted to know it. The Truth he teaches (and I use the present tense deliberately) can liberate us from our cravings and graspings that lead to suffering, our own and others. There is nothing so much to celebrate as there is to remember. Remember the Four Noble Truths: Life is unsatisfactory; the cause of unsatisfactoriness is anger, greed, and delusion; there is a way to relieve the unsatisfactoriness; that way is the Noble Eightfold Path. As this week passes and we remember the birth of the Buddha, let us take the time to renew our practice as a sign of respect for his teachings.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-12105462039011242442011-05-09T19:33:00.000-04:002011-05-09T19:33:14.828-04:00Been Away/Bin Laden's deathI haven't posted anything because I have been working on the Grand Rapids Zen Center website. I will be working on it the rest of this week and will post a link to it here when it is finished. In the meantime, remember that our practice never stops. Everything we do is our practice. One question to consider is how you reacted and then responded to the death of Osama Bin Laden. Did you rejoice, feel good about it, experience some unease? How should a Buddhist respond? For those who have taken the precepts, how did your response square with the precept to honor all life? This is a challenging event for some. It might be worthwhile for us to take some time to explore our experience of his death.Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724470800802239444.post-40755067110687779782011-04-30T12:16:00.000-04:002011-04-30T12:16:12.828-04:00Between BreathsWhen people ask me what they can do to get a "taste of zen" I suggest that they take a few minutes and concentrate on what happens when they breathe. Specifically, that moment between exhale and inhale. There, in that tiny moment, is the hitch in time when there is no air left to sustain us and our body desperately needs take in oxygen. What exists in that space between breaths? Everything is there! It is THE moment when life and death meet. If you don't take in another breath you die. It is that simple. What does that moment hold for you and what does it mean for you? What do you observe and experience when you put yourself fully in just that moment? Do you think of the past or the future? Do any of the things that make you mad, happy, sad, annoyed, joyful show up? I don't think they will. All that will show up is the need, in that split second, to take in another breath in order to keep living. When you take the time to be with just that life and death moment then just how much does all the rest of it matter? Do all those little things that seemed so important, so much life and death still seem to be there or, do they fade away to be replaced by just the moment of the need to breathe?Deokwunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17753065422163286571noreply@blogger.com0