breath counting is a means to an end
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by jcl4ever
I feel like I have been selling floatation short all day. I have been in the tank, counting the breaths and getting more and more vigilant about it.
I should’ve read the very last line of the Zen Mountain zazen instructions – the natural state of mind is free of clinging…
So just laying there I am free of clinging…
Of course, the issue of objective achievement comes into play… unless I get down to a very few breaths per minute, I have not achieved the relaxation that zazen can offer an advanced practitioner.
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