…I would suggest that the eyes are open in zazen for their influence in resetting the vestibular sense and providing a continuity in the sense of location, yet in zazen the proprioceptive sense must be allowed to influence the sense of location almost as though the eyes are closed. It’s a trick, a lot ...
The Eyes Are Open in Zazen
In the course of conversation, I put forward to a practitioner of medical Qigong that the experience of qi (chi) takes place in a state between waking and sleeping. He replied that he had once been in a lab hooked up to instruments while he practiced, and the folks watching the dials affirmed that he went through the first three stages of sleep with ...
Remembering How to Breathe
I’ve read that people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease die when they finally forget how to breathe.
It’s taken me all of my adult life so far to experience action out of stretch, and action out of the distinction of sense without the exercise of volition. As far as I can tell, it’s all remembering how to breathe, as ...