Union

Duration: 20:55Date: March, 2008 (exact date is unknown).Duration: 20:55A talk about the difficulties one will likely experience on the first day of a meditation retreat and the promise of Zen. Themes include: perseverance; the value of a five-day retreat; surrender; zazen as 'the great way' of surrendering into union with the Divine; becoming 'just a body breathing'; the value of doing the practice in a gentle but persistent way and not pushing too hard; the limits of the mind as a way to happiness and fulfillment; Kensho and Enlightenment