Hi, Dr. Elverfeldt. We’ve already met in another session, maybe you don’t remember it, and your counsel was very, amazingly, useful. You told me to engage in some meditative or contemplation exercises that, in a way, have changed my life. I’d like to ask you about my potential addiction now and if I could dealContinue reading “Hanna on shikantaza and addiction”
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Guía práctica de meditación Zen (zazen) – sin filosofía ni religión
## Guía práctica de meditación Zen (zazen) – sin filosofía ni religión ### ¿Qué es meditar? Meditar es sentarse en silencio y quietud, con la atención en el presente. En zazen, no se busca vaciar la mente ni alcanzar nada especial. No se trata de pensar, ni de dejar de pensar: se trata de estar.Continue reading “Guía práctica de meditación Zen (zazen) – sin filosofía ni religión”
Winter Art Practice: Miracles – 15 Dic 2023
INPUT: SOUNDS I talked yesterday to a woman on WhatsApp. She sent me some voice messages. I sent her some too. I found her voice like an actress’, cultivated and hysterical. Hearing my own voice in the messages, I found it sounded just the same. As if we were family.
“One Continuous Thread”
“Every creature on the face of the earth seems to know how to be quiet and still. A butterfly on a leaf, a cat in front of a fireplace, even a hummingbird comes to rest sometime. But humans are constantly on the go.” The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life” (English Edition), de JohnContinue reading ““One Continuous Thread””
ZMM – 22/9 – 2023
Circles. I’m not used to circles. I rather live on a straight line. I’ve been recently cheated by a woman online. After a couple of years, I told her she had been cheating me and I had realized it. I explained her the process. She smiled. We kept on chatting. I think she pretends meContinue reading “ZMM – 22/9 – 2023”
ZMM -8/9- 2023
ZMM, 8 / 9 – 2023 (II) Hojin Sensei (her name sounds in Spanish like “hollín,” the word that means “soot,” but it carries the accent on the first sylable) proposed this time to address the theme of darkness and I thought to write about one of the darkest experiences in my life. I wasContinue reading “ZMM -8/9- 2023”