zenjones

It’s been a couple weeks since I attended a 5-day sesshin at the Zen Center San Diego and I’m a little sad that the lighter-than-air sensation has worn off. The first week after I felt like every day was magic, all was good. I was probably unbearable.

I realized that all my opinions don’t have much to do with reality. Oh, what an eye-opener. My judgements–they felt so solid, so real, even as I told myself that they were just mine and had nothing to do with the person next to me or what was actually happening. I guess I should have got a clue when the squiggles in the plaster on the wall I was staring at started jumping around and calling my name. And you should have seen what the figure in the carpet was doing!

Now we head into practice period, and I’ve got another sesshin (albeit shorter) in October.