ZAZEN NO ES MEDITAR. Roshi Joan Halifax.

Roshi Joan: Zazen is not meditation. It is not a mental exercise, a thing you do with your mind. It is not focused on practices that are antidotes to afflictive states or secondary consciousness. It is not about attaining a special state, being relaxed, or solving your problems. It is not about reducing stress, working with trauma, and being happy. Nor is it associated with visualizations or phrases to nurture certain qualities of mind.
 
It is about being radically open to things just as they are, not grasping at or rejecting phenomena, but simply being present and at ease with moment to moment uncertainty and groundlessness. It is fully embodied presence, with no separation between the mind, heart, body, and the context of our lived experience, and letting openness or not knowing deconstruct our version of reality. It is the method of non-method. Nothing extra, nothing added. This is zazen… just sitting upright.

Roshi Joan: Zazen no es meditación. No es un ejercicio mental, una cosa que haces con tu mente. No esta centrada en prácticas que son antídotos para los estados aflictivos o una consciencia secundaria. No es acerca de adquirir estados especiales, estar relajados o resolviendo problemas. No es acerca de reducir estrés, trabajar con el  trauma, o estar felices. No esta asociado con visualizaciones o frases para nutrir ciertas cualidades mentales.

Se trata de ser radicalmente abiertos a las cosas justo como son, no aferrándose o rechazando los fenómenos, simplemente estando presente y cómodos con la incertidumbre y falta de fundamento momento a momento. Es estar completamente presentes, sin separación entre mente, corazón, cuerpo y el contexto de nuestra experiencia vivida, y permitiendo que la apertura o el no saber deconstruyan nuestra versión de la realidad. Es el método del no método. Nada extra, nada adicional. Este es Zazen.. . simplemente sentarse erguido.

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