joe on Jul 27 2008 | Filed under: Thic Nhat Hahn, Withdrawal, Kinhin, Insomnia, Methadone, Recovery, Addiction, shikantaza, zazen, 2008, Zen
Can’t sleep again. But as Thic Nhat Hahn reminds me, I am more than this body doubled over.
I have found that shikantaza helps me to disidentify with the pain of withdrawal. Not to deny this physical pain but rather to continuously drop the thoughts I have about the pain. For at least the last four […]
joe on Jul 26 2008 | Filed under: 2008, zazen, Clouds, Duckweed, Water
Taking a flip
or a backward somersault
I am penetrated no more
nothing to add
how can I remove
or cling
to this brightness
the cicadas hum
rise and fall throughout the ten directions
the gentle movement
of trees and grasses
affirm this old monk
joe on Jul 26 2008 | Filed under: zazen, 2008, Eihei Dogen, shikantaza, Homeleaving, Meditation, Zen, Duckweed, Nowhere
The great way cannot be found
inside and outside
gone through
only this Brightness remains
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