2012.03.24 _ 96

During my morning sit I continued to explore not-doing. So many layers and aspects and subtleties. Like watching a painting or hearing a piece of music over and over again, contemplating not-doing over and over again continues to uncover new aspects, dimensions, new forms of sense.

This morning my son's Tae Kwon Do master introduced a new word: Mushin. He first asked everyone how much control they felt to have when angry, or fearful. The class listened with rapt attention, as did I from the wings. :)

Here is what wiki says:

Mushin (無心; Japanese mushin; English translation "without mind") is a mental state into which very highly trained martial artists are said to enter during combat. They also practice this mental state during everyday activities. The term is shortened from mushin no shin (無心の心), a Zen expression meaning the mind without mind and is also referred to as the state of "no-mindness". That is, a mind not fixed or occupied by thought or emotion and thus open to everything. For the origin of the mushin concept, see Muga-mushin. It is somewhat analogous to flow experienced by artists deeply in a creative process. edited 00:54, 25 Mar 2012

Nice Eliza...to me a mind that sees through the stories....the more I can do that the more peaceful I feel. The stories generate the emotions I think..

Mushy forest floor
many lifetimes flow
playing as squirrels
crows and me


Not so much suspending, as be-ing in the ongoing suspending, somehow automatically feels more devotional.