Monday, August 06, 2007
It's hard to balance the ideas of letting go of desires and aversion and exercising proper parental control over children. Perhaps I'm over-controlling at times, but I don't want to live in a house that would look the way it would look if I didn't make them do some of the chores. Can I let go of that? I think if I just look at what the house would turn into if let go, I can say that it wouldn't be helpful to us to allow that, and so rather than judging it, we just do the tasks because they need doing.
Onward I go.
Zazen was good this morning—around 34 minutes—another refuge of calm clarity. A useful way to start the day. I time the sitting, not to control the time, only to measure what it turns out to be. I only have vague intentions when I sit down. On the weekends, I go for 30 minutes or better, on the weekdays before work, usually less, depending on how the morning is going, but at least 10. IF it's short in the morning, I sometime have another short one in the evening.
Onward I go.
Zazen was good this morning—around 34 minutes—another refuge of calm clarity. A useful way to start the day. I time the sitting, not to control the time, only to measure what it turns out to be. I only have vague intentions when I sit down. On the weekends, I go for 30 minutes or better, on the weekdays before work, usually less, depending on how the morning is going, but at least 10. IF it's short in the morning, I sometime have another short one in the evening.
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