{"id":113,"date":"2008-01-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-7.html"},"modified":"2008-01-29T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T21:00:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-7.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen for Beginners (We’re All Beginners) VIII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Soto style, we ‘face the wall<\/span>‘ … we sit with our backbone at the center of the Zafu, perhaps slightly forward … back straight, as if a tiny thread were running to the ceiling through the crown of the head … give that thread a small tug, ever so slightly,<\/span> to stretch the neck and pull the chin in … your eyes should be 1\/3 or 2\/3 open (my teacher says naturally and fully open though … the point is to remain present in this world and not drift into some dreamy state) … gazing at a downward angle to the wall (or floor if that is all you have) …<\/div>\n

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Aim for that, in a balanced Full or Half Lotus, or Burmese … change things as necessary, but try for the ‘ideal’ … There is no ‘right’ <\/span>way or ‘wrong’ <\/span>way at the heart of Zazen, nothing to aim for. Thus, please aim for the ‘right way’<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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