Comments on: Everyone has to listen!

By: arturo

arturo — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:13:12 +0000

hi Karen
i came to Zen through yoga. heh. i love my zafu and zafuton, which i labored to drag over here.
hugs
Arturo

By: joy

joy — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:56:28 +0000

Thanks, Karen. This is a very cool interview.

By: (0v0)

(0v0) — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:12:00 +0000

Oh, that’s funny….

It’s great, eh? I just realized today (while driving, oddly) that my simple bodyscan practice, which is a kind of Vipassana, is way more accurate and subtle now than it was when I first practiced it on retreat 4 years ago. I never expected that something so straightforward and simple could change that much (albeit gradually) over time.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:25:13 +0000

Oooh, thanks!

You know, the fun thing was adding the gerunds: lots of “hearing,” “hearing,” “hearing”… and some that surprised me: “speculating,” “fearing,” “hey, wait a minute, I musta been thinking!” — stuff like that.

At work today, amid drama: “Reacting.” That one made me laugh!

By: (0v0)

(0v0) — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:21:02 +0000

In the same vein, in Feb. Ingram et al. discuss the difference between “doing it” and “getting it done” when it comes to insight practice. Link to the audio at the bottom of this post.

http://www.vincenthorn.com/2009/02/25/heavy-hitting-dharma-discussions/

By: (0v0)

(0v0) — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:16:50 +0000

!!!

Kind of an open question of whether samadhi is an insight practice…