Sisters and Brothers,
I am delighted to share with you that we have matured and improved our practice
form and we have made it even more beautiful and effective. I request that you return to the Zendo for
another 7 Day Mondo Zen Sesshin to experience this truth for yourself as soon
as you can. Do not wait to come to awakening and freedom. Samadhi is indeed
right here, right now!
The sesshin we just completed at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
was the deepest and most beautiful we have led to date. The addition of
alternating Qi Gong embodiment practice and walking meditation allowed for a
deeper more comfortable sitting practice. This releasing of physical pain and
tension and balancing of physical energy allowed a deeper insight experience.
The morning one and one half hour Mondo Koan Ego Deconstruction Dialog practice
and the afternoon one hour Emotional Koan Awareness Intervention practice
[Mondo Zen] shared in small groups clarified our understanding and released
emotional blockages resulting in a deeper insight experience. These processes
allow us to return home with a much clearer Understanding and a set of tools
that allow us to remain insightful and compassionately awake in the normal
commerce and intercourse of our ordinary lives.
The Mondo Dialog shared with four different facilitators and others in
attendance clarifies where we stand in reference to and exposes where we doubt
our Buddha nature and changes our view. And the Emotional Koan work with four
different facilitators and others in attendance allows us to experience and
transform negative feeling reactions and frees us for deeper more genuine
compassionate responses. We have successfully added skillful means practices to
embody our wisdom and compassion.
In any case, please remember that awakening takes practice.
Be well and do not doubt this Truth, "Ata Dipa, you are This light".
Yours in the Dharma-
Jun Po


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