{"id":558,"date":"2009-01-08T01:32:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T01:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-25.html"},"modified":"2009-01-08T01:32:54","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T01:32:54","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-25.html","title":{"rendered":"Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (We&#8217;re All Beginners) IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on &#8220;<i>How To&#8221; Zazen &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">The mind is like a noisy kitchen blender &#8230; filled with all kinds of rattlin&#8217; stuff.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">Let it settle! <\/p>\n<p><b><i><font style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">(&nbsp; if using headphones, loud noise at times in video !!&nbsp; )<\/font><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"2705\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"blender.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/blender.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;\" width=\"298\" height=\"291\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rDyKU2gTFCQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rDyKU2gTFCQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><br \/><\/object><u>(remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells;<br \/>a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended)<\/u><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on &#8220;How To&#8221; Zazen &#8230; The mind is like a noisy kitchen blender &#8230; filled with all kinds of rattlin&#8217; stuff. 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