I can say that for me, I feel lucky to have inadvertently allowed the place of mind to develop enough feeling to accept the activity of the lotus; it’s more about the free movement of mind than the lotus, but I could never have found the relationship between the witness of aversion and attraction and the free occurrence of mind without ...
The feeling of mind
I’ve read that animals think in pictures. Also read that the followers of Gautama, the monks, were admired for being just like wild animals.
Lately I am cognizant of the feeling of mind, of thought. I sit and I sometimes relax into the activity of the posture, and toward the end of the sitting especially there’s a definite feel to the ...
Letter to a friend, about “Remembering Kobun”
I did finally finish my paper on Kobun Chino Otogawa. I hope it reads well for you, when you get the chance; nothing about mindfulness as a practice, but the root is the same:
I’m still working on the lotus, and this writing for me is a part of that; not everybody’s cup of tea, but I hope it interests you.