Zen Meditation - Anybody Else?

[furystorm]

Today, I sat for my first zen meditation. Actually my first meditation of any type. It was surprising that I could almost stay still for the entire thirty minutes.

Anyone else Zen?

 

[The Ween]

I have too active of a mind for meditation. I wish I could do it. It might help me with my stress.

 

[furystorm]

Oh, I believe it would. Actually having only practiced twice and gone in to the Zen Center for the first "real" meditation today, I can feel myself anticipating my next opportunity to do so again. Monday can't come soon enough. The only problem is that they start at 6 AM, and are about twenty minutes from my house. This is totally changing my routine, and for the better.

 

[fosing]

i used to do this when....

i used to go to church.

Zzzzzzzzzz

 

[mr.thrifty]

 

[furystorm]

One can only hope to achieve this level of Zen. Thank you mr.thrifty!

 

[Vader AL]

 

[The Ween]

 

[The Ween]

hoooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm......

 

[furystorm]

One year later...

Sat in the monastery at our head center in Providence, R.I., sat four other intensive weekend retreats, make most Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings for a half hour of sitting (and that's 6 AM!)...

I think I'm in for good...

 

[Devil_666]

Funny how it's called "Meditation" if you're an adult and "Punishment" if you're a child.

 

[Nitro]

One year later...

Sat in the monastery at our head center in Providence, R.I., sat four other intensive weekend retreats, make most Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings for a half hour of sitting (and that's 6 AM!)...

I think I'm in for good...

Pretty cool fury! Didn't know Providence had anything like that.

 

[furystorm]

Pretty cool fury! Didn't know Providence had anything like that.

Well, to be honest, it's up in Cumberland. All I know is it took about 45 minutes to get back to the airport for the trip home. But you certainly live in some beautiful country up there. The minute I stepped off the bus in downtown Providence, I thought I should be living there. Then the sky opened up and I was drenched in no time.

 

[Nitro]

Well, to be honest, it's up in Cumberland. All I know is it took about 45 minutes to get back to the airport for the trip home. But you certainly live in some beautiful country up there. The minute I stepped off the bus in downtown Providence, I thought I should be living there. Then the sky opened up and I was drenched in no time.

I was gonna say.

I know where that Monastery is in Cumberland. It's a nice area of northern Rhode Island. Glad you had a good time during the visit!

 

[hairlesswookiee]

I use progressive muscle relaxation techniques, but never tried the Zen thing.

 

[thenammagazine]

Don't use Zen, but Sanchin works just as well.

 

[furystorm]

What's that? Progressive muscle relaxation. Hmmm.. Maybe I'll go look that up...

 

[furystorm]

Just noticed the count on Yes went up by two to three. As I was the only Yes answer for an entire year, who may I ask is actually sitting Zen?

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[xjamiex]

I used to do this when I was a teenager and in Karate and all that BS...

Nowadays I just like to crack a beer, turn on some hockey and turn up my guitar extra loud... Zen of an adult

 

[thenammagazine]

What's that? Progressive muscle relaxation. Hmmm.. Maybe I'll go look that up...

Breathing techniques that help you relax and focus. Well, technically, it's a lot more complex than that, but I always use it to relax.