Lately my meditations have been pretty forced. I think last night was the hardest. Seems every night has been getting harder lately. I'm thinking last night was the apex though, because tonight was a bit easier.
I got a new zafu by the way! =) It's nice on the buttocks. Keeps me up at a good height too.
I remembered a conversation w/ my old kung fu teacher. He said, "People come here, (to Wah Lum Kung Fu) we fix them, then they leave the school and get all sorts of problems in their lives again." I remember thinking that was pretty true. Looking back, I think it was the daily meditation, the fellowship of the people practicing kung fu, and the short bits of instruction we received on morality every day. I realized tonight that those are the "three pillars" of Buddhism. The practice of meditation, the teachings of the Buddha, and the "sangha" or the Buddhist community. The community can be anyone though. Whoever helps you stay upright. I'm surprised just how much my teacher was able to teach Buddhism without calling it that. Actually, we had Bible studies on the weekends. He'd never claim to be teaching Buddhism at all.
Anyway, tonight was pretty good. I finally able to really relax like I want to tonight.
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