Big Sit: Would you like to participate?

I should have thought of this one earlier: Tricycle is hosting the Big Sit, a yearly 90 day meditation challenge. What does it entail? Every day, try to meditate for 15-20 minutes. Read koans, literature on Zen and enrich your practice.

Would anyone be interested? It already started (3 weeks ago), but we can begin now, or at any point.

Here is a list of details, and this page will be regularly updated for anyone who wishes to participate.

The Big Sit Tricycle Introduction


The Value of a Vow

Genjokoan

 

(twilight zone music in background) ok this
is cool and odd! I was just thinking earlier today
I really need to meditate more! yikes! It is already
10:11pm here hmmm and we are finishing the
house so my room doesn't look or feel altar-y but
maybe that can be my first mindfullness-cleaning
up the disaster....I lost my mother and everything
has been going badly so I REALLY need this!!!
THANK YOU!!!
peace,
Delfynasa

 

Is anyone else sitting? Mine meditations are still
pretty distracted but I am still doing it anyway and
having some trouble getting much from the Genjokoan
yet...but that is another thing to keep trying on.
peace
Delfynasa

 

my meditations are still pretty sucky
and the Zen stuff I am reading still
is occaisionally more obscure than
I get but hey I am still here and trying!
peace,
Delfynasa

 

sigh...I am not doing well at this...I have meditated every
day but two(I was sick), read from the Genjokoan and another
Buddhist book and still my meditations are distracted and
poor and the book makes me feel well, bad. Like I don't get
some of it and then the things that don't 'click' with me I feel
bad like how dare I disagree with Buddha?! I feel like I am trying
to make myself over into something else.
Is this normal?
ok?
peace
sigh
Delfynasa

 

So, would anybody like to try this again?
I think it might be cool...
peace
Delfynasaeace:

 

Unfortunately Tricycle is a leader in POP Buddhism. It exists primarily to make money not convey the way. Meditation is a good way to still one's mind, but after you learn to do that there is no need to continue it. It is just the books writers and professional priests and teachers that lead you to believe you need to do it all the time, especially the institutional Zen folk. Once you know how to keep your mind still and not obey all the chatter that it produces, it is time to practice that all the time. Retreats and more book learning do not do anything to for that. It is a big scam, and their are many snake oil salesmen ( teachers ) just waiting to lie their way into your life. Be careful!