27/10/2025
Yesterday, an early morning zazen session at a Rinzai Zen temple, Enkoji. Zazen, work practice (cleaning the zendo), walking and breakfast. It is different from Soto Zen practices. The mudra while sitting, the walking is quite fast, and eating was fast. It is interesting to note the differences but all leading to the same thing, non-thinking or bypassing the intellectual mind or ego.
In the Reiki Principles, they are pointing to the same thing. In Komyo ReikiDo, our practice motto is surrender. Again, pointing to the same thing. Whether we are meditating or doing household chores, the practice of letting go of the intellectual mind is possible. And why do we want to bypass our busy minds? Because what is underneath all the thoughts, is a very peaceful place. It is a place of calm we can access when a reset is required.
-thinking
