As to the witness of the place of consciousness conditioned by ignorance, attachment, or aversion, this is as constant as the experience of suffering in our lives; the trick is to recognize a sense of location as consciousness occurs, and to do that it’s necessary to accept that consciousness is not continuous. Hence the great wisdom of the ...
hypnosis + ‘the most important thing’
There’s a phenomena in the practice of zazen that is similar to hypnotic suggestion from one’s own unconscious.
At S.F. Zen Center, Kobun Chino Otogawa once said: “You know, sometimes zazen gets up and walks around.” My own understanding, which I have come to years after having the experience Kobun described, is that the pulmonary ...