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"Don't Check!" = Coaching Cue = More Open / Choice-less Awareness

A coaching cue in weight training is a very short phrase a trainer will say to an athlete to correct the athlete's form during a lift....

Bodhisattva Vows, Revisited

I practiced with the Kwan Um School of Zen, in Chicago, then in LA. They often recited the Bodhisattva Vows (a Bodhisattva is an aspiring...

Free-form Awareness Gets More Free-form

Read a quote somewhere from the book “Cultivating the Empty Field” - about the Chinese Zen (Chan) Master Hongzhi: “Silent illumination,...

Awareness is The Prime Directive: Empowering the “Oversight Committee”

(Had a very busy day, working with new software, tackling the learning curve, doing some necessary planning / decision-making. Toward the...

The Practice of Non-Self

The Buddha taught that there is no ongoing, abiding thing in anyone or anything that can be called a “self”. That which we call “self” is...

2 Important Meanings of “Let Go”

We talk about letting go of thoughts, letting go of clinging, etc. I think it’s important to distinguish “letting go” from making these...

True Life Purpose!!

Reading stuff about Seuhn Sahn in Jon Kabat-Zinnʻs book “Coming Back to Our Senses”…today, remembered about his / Kwan Umʻs core...

Just Do It! Very Important!

I practiced meditation (sitting, walking, chanting, everyday-life-mindfulness) for many years, but, due to an error, only got so far.*...

Mindfulness: How to Deal with Thoughts

We want to practice mindfulness, and that means being present in this moment, rather than lost in thought. But thoughts invariably come...

Sitting - a Great Tool When Things Are Difficult

Even when we’ve been practicing coming back to this moment, there can be times when difficult situations - problems in relationships, for...

Let It All In! Thoughts Are Just More Phenomena!

A.m. crabby thoughts, negative thoughts, crazy thoughts - unacceptable! Oh really? Well, unacceptable to act out on; unacceptable to...

Non-Self = Tolerance!

The Buddha taught that there are 3 marks of existence: Dissatisfaction, Impermanence, and Non-Self. These are connected: there is no self...

Zazen - A Way of Strengthening Awareness and Letting Go!

Like a musician practicing scales or a golfer practicing swings, practicing awareness and letting go away from the arena of action - away...