Day 20+
It all goes away; the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. When it goes, what remains?
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Day 2?
No really. I just can’t keep count anymore. I sit everyday and at some point I’ll figure out which day it is.
Every day.
Day 22
So why Zazen anyway? Thats is a very good question. I don’t really know why I do it. Sure, a big reason is that I want enlightenment. I don’t know what that is, but I want it. Which I guess means I don’t know what it is I want. Which comes back around to not knowing why I do it.
An end to suffering could be the reason. What is suffering? Why is suffering? Who is it who is suffering? Perhaps the answers to those questions is what I am seeking. Perhaps that is why I do Zazen.
I sense somehow that this is a path I need to be on. I don’t know fully why just yet, but I sense that it is where I need to be going. Sort of like walking down a road in semi-darkness, knowing that the path is familiar without being able to discern the details of the path or clearly see the final destination. You keep going because you know somehow you will round a bend and find that whcih you seek.
Why do you sit?
Day 21
A new habit is born. Smack that puppy on the backside and welcome to the world. Well, we’ll see. I made it to day 50-something last time. Old habits – especially lazy habits – don’t die so easily. New ones must be nurtured.
But that isn’t really the point. Sit every day – except when I forget. I may make it all the way to 100 days. I may not. So far, I haven’t missed a day. Creating the habit of sitting is the point.
Having the goal helps establish that. Whether it be “Commit to Sit” with Tricycle Mag, 100 hours Zazen or some other program at your center or temple, having something to aim for can get us there. Setting a new goal and resetting again and again, can keeps us there.
Just keep coming back to the cushion. Just keep coming back to the breath.
Day 20
One more day and a habit is born. Isn’t that what they say?
I’m starting to settle into a little – late nights notwithstanding. Just keep pluggin’ along. Bow, sit, get up, keep going.
Good Karma Plugin
I tried my hand at writing a plugin for the WordPress blogging system which is the system this blog runs on. It didn’t turn out too badly. I hope to write more in the future. Appropriately enough, the plugin places a graphic link to The Hunger Site in the sidebar of a blog. The blog must be using a widget-aware theme.
The Hunger Site uses sponsored ads to donate money to hunger relief around the world. It costs nothing to the visitor to click on the link. When they click, they are taken to a page where they see ads. They don’t have to buy anything, sign up for anything, or do anything. The sponsors pay for showing you the ad. Just by clicking, you donate food to the hungry. – Good Karma!
