Comments on: Twist of the schedule http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/ Commentaries on Meditation, Zen, Buddhism, and Mindfulness Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Wade http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12199 Wade Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:23:00 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12199 @Karl, Thanks for your comments, and the reminder. I'd recommend retreats highly. That's if you can take the time, and go not to escape, but to enter. Not to avoid, but to find. They're amazing. Peace, Wade @Karl,

Thanks for your comments, and the reminder.

I’d recommend retreats highly. That’s if you can take the time, and go not to escape, but to enter. Not to avoid, but to find. They’re amazing.

Peace,
Wade

]]> By: Karl Staib http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12183 Karl Staib Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:26:03 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12183 I try to just be there everyday. My thoughts always linking to some other memory. I tell myself to just enjoy where I'm at. I need to go on a meditation retreat some time soon. I try to just be there everyday. My thoughts always linking to some other memory. I tell myself to just enjoy where I’m at. I need to go on a meditation retreat some time soon.

]]> By: Wade http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12178 Wade Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:59:18 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12178 @Marcus, totally :) @Dooby, Wow, thank you for that. You know how much your trip motivated and inspired me. Thanks also for asking for more stories, I've been a bit reluctant to speak my voice directly on here. Looks like I'll continue. You know how much I want to sit with you also. I'd love to establish a sitting with you, working together, again. One day.... :) Stick in there with the IT, I know it's not easy, but also understand it's required. Also, don't forget you're a bodhisattva, attacking from the inside. Liberating people through your vessel of being. My finding Buddhism, as I've said before, comes through you. Through your living, and your words. Again, also, if you'd like to share any Kyoto experiences, I'd love to host them for you. May we exist in muddy water with purity like a lotus. Thus we bow to Buddha. Gassho, --Wade @Marcus, totally :)

@Dooby, Wow, thank you for that. You know how much your trip motivated and inspired me. Thanks also for asking for more stories, I’ve been a bit reluctant to speak my voice directly on here. Looks like I’ll continue.

You know how much I want to sit with you also. I’d love to establish a sitting with you, working together, again. One day…. :) Stick in there with the IT, I know it’s not easy, but also understand it’s required.

Also, don’t forget you’re a bodhisattva, attacking from the inside. Liberating people through your vessel of being. My finding Buddhism, as I’ve said before, comes through you. Through your living, and your words.

Again, also, if you’d like to share any Kyoto experiences, I’d love to host them for you.

May we exist in muddy water with purity like a lotus. Thus we bow to Buddha.

Gassho,—Wade

]]> By: Dexter http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12171 Dexter Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:48:12 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12171 Very close to my experience in Kyoto. Once I accepted where I was and what I was doing it gave me immense calm. I watched the watcher and did not deny the thoughts nor feelings, but absorbed them. Awareness, awareness, awareness as DeMello always said. Would like to hear more stories like this one. As I spin back up again, I feel the need to find space again and want to integrate such practice in to everything. Tough in IT. Tough in modern life. Very close to my experience in Kyoto. Once I accepted where I was and what I was doing it gave me immense calm. I watched the watcher and did not deny the thoughts nor feelings, but absorbed them. Awareness, awareness, awareness as DeMello always said. Would like to hear more stories like this one. As I spin back up again, I feel the need to find space again and want to integrate such practice in to everything. Tough in IT. Tough in modern life.

]]> By: Marcus http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12167 Marcus Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:04:58 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12167 It's not the destination, it's the journey. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

]]> By: Wade http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12161 Wade Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:30:51 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12161 Hi Mary, Glad you found me through Albert, a great friend. I'm also glad you liked my take on retreat, a private world I have not shared before. Totally agree with you, and that's a fantastic term, for what I feel is a very real issue. I extended my trip by a few weeks to get used to slowly not living in monastic settings. I am still going to the Zen Center a few times a week, just to help settle. Retreats do profound things to the mind. Not saying what the profound is, or if it's good or bad, just profound :) Your blog sounds interesting, you're also just over the pond from me(Sydney) FYI :) I look forward to reading more, and commenting soon. Gassho, Wade Hi Mary,

Glad you found me through Albert, a great friend.

I’m also glad you liked my take on retreat, a private world I have not shared before.

Totally agree with you, and that’s a fantastic term, for what I feel is a very real issue. I extended my trip by a few weeks to get used to slowly not living in monastic settings. I am still going to the Zen Center a few times a week, just to help settle.

Retreats do profound things to the mind. Not saying what the profound is, or if it’s good or bad, just profound :)

Your blog sounds interesting, you’re also just over the pond from me(Sydney) FYI :) I look forward to reading more, and commenting soon.

Gassho,

Wade

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12160 Mary Jaksch Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:43:10 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/12/16/twist-of-the-schedule/#comment-12160 I saw your website mentioned on the Urban Monk. I'm delighted to find this thoughtful post on what it's like to participate in a retreat. A point that I would like to add is that it's quite difficult to come out of retreat ok. I coined the term PSD (post sesshin depression) because some people do not make the transition well. I think some teachers try and run retreats full on until the last minute and then throw people back into everyday life. I think retreats should be designed so that there is a transition time where the student has time to adjust to the end of a retreat. I saw your website mentioned on the Urban Monk. I’m delighted to find this thoughtful post on what it’s like to participate in a retreat.

A point that I would like to add is that it’s quite difficult to come out of retreat ok. I coined the term PSD (post sesshin depression) because some people do not make the transition well. I think some teachers try and run retreats full on until the last minute and then throw people back into everyday life. I think retreats should be designed so that there is a transition time where the student has time to adjust to the end of a retreat.

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