2012.01.01 _ 13

Finally got a chance to sit, a couple hours after midnight, but I'm glad I did so, sleepy as I was. Continuity. Or with Eos: "check".

If 'just sitting' is already enlightenment, as Dogen claimed, why would we shirk sitting in that state? How could other things be more important?

Checking in with body, by way of heart...
tensions melted within context of aware presence.

Body scan meditation, breath...
Writing, with music...

Circulation, integration
Warm and Practical session this afternoon too. edited 00:58, 2 Jan 2012

Sitting for a while, in the Ommwriter spare world. Sitting in Zen's question. I like Suzuki Roshi's version of that: "We don't practice to attain enlightenment. Rather, because we are already enlightened, we practice." True doing nothing everything being. Nodding off :-) Outbreath...

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A crystal wave of pure love from her 9 months old heart to our hearts: my great-niece beaming with joy all night in her great-grand-father's arms, in my little brother's arms,in my niece's arms, in mine, cheerful, smiling, babbling to the dog barking. A great family gathering. Grateful. #timestamp

Glad to be back to begin again. Renewal of my intention to focus on the point on the page; drawing, painting, and writing. A connection with the here and now; a connection between my hand and where my hand touches,where my eyes see.
Delighting with Eden's delight; it is a great thing to be a great aunt.