We didn't do any stretching before we began, but talked about Mindfulness Practice and it's ins & outs, mostly outs, as some were expressing their difficulty with the practice.
All I could tell them, since I was so tired from the work day, was that Dogen Zenji said that meditation is enlightenment.
I hope they considered this as we sat. I think it's an absolutely revolutionary statement to make, and it causes the hairs on the back of my neck to rise!
We sat for 20 minutes in Zazen, then came back slowly to the room and one another.
Stretched a bit--folded forward, side to side, arms up to the ceiling and down, stretched out legs, lay down.
At this point, if I don't direct them in poses, they know to do what their bodies require most at the moment.
I then talked very briefly about the snow squall that had blown in around lunch time that afternoon, and how it reminded me of the ordinary, over-blown squalls we face in everyday living--how they blow in with such ferocity, perhaps feelings get hurt, we hurt one another, and then ten minutes later, the clouds break to reveal the blue, blue clear skies. I compared this to the storms of our mind, and how even behind the clouds, blue skies persist, unhindered.
Shunyata!
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