{"id":714,"date":"2009-08-06T17:24:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/08\/lava-and-sea-zazen.html"},"modified":"2009-08-06T17:24:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T17:24:27","slug":"lava-and-sea-zazen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/08\/lava-and-sea-zazen.html","title":{"rendered":"Lava and Sea Zazen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>             .<br \/>On our way back to Japan today &#8230;<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">But this morning had the great experience of going on a boat and heading out to sea before sunrise to witness something that can be seen few places in the world &#8230; the entry of rivers of hot lava into the ocean, here on the coast of Hawaii. The captain, if I may say, was a bit daring &#8230; heading in within about 20 feet of the lava spouts and explosions (as the hot lava hit the cold seawater)<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">Between the bouncing of the boat in 7 foot seas, the steam and heat &#8230; well, it was something. I sat Zazen as the boat tossed around for about an hour &#8230; or, better, I bounced Zazen. <\/div>\n<p>I cannot show any video, but this is similar to what we experienced (look about 30 seconds or a minute into the recording). <\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">Without millions and millions of years of this process, there would be no land for us to walk upon, nor air to breathe &#8230; no complex life on this world. 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