It's Not Complicated

Sometimes we can complicate Zen practice. Zen is not in the books that we may read, though they may inspire us. It's not about the theories which we may hold in our heads, because they sometimes make us feel in control or safe. Zen is very simple.

To practice Zen is to sit down in a stable posture. The next step is to keep your eyes open (at home I face a plain wall), count one to ten, starting on the inhalation. When (or if) you get to ten, return to one and start again. As you breath, move your inhalations and exhalations from about an inch below your bell-button. That's how most people I know start out.

Though this practice is not complicated, I know that it can be hard. Despite this face, it's necessary, if we are to unify ourselves.

Gassho,

Jaye Morris, Curator
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