Category: meditation

• November 23, 2013

  ‘The morning gray closes in…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation recently: * The morning gray closes in, and I cannot see the mountain. I do not know you thus, but might I find you still by some other route? I close my eyes, and mumble your name. Soon I forget it.
• November 21, 2013

  Mountain chant

  A chant to be mumbled to oneself during meditation: * 1 Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you I see the mountains. 2 Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you I feel the mountains. 3 Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you just the mountains. 4 Swaying reeds like hanging beans wending with the mountains. […]
• November 20, 2013

  ‘Through you / I feel the mountains…’

  A chant: Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you I feel the mountains * Zazen is preparation for living discourse? What kind of living discourse? Only this: direct speech. * Tell me, friend, how am I doing taking notes? Speak too quickly, and I won’t catch your words. Therefore, go slowly with me so that we catch…
• November 19, 2013

  ‘Milky birds…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation recently: * Milky birds Seaweed tree Breathing gneiss / Be, all you, all me, but a single stroke of life.
• November 18, 2013

  ‘Swaying reeds…’

  Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation on Sunday: * Swaying reeds like hanging beans Through you I see the mountains.