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**BgpOoGI2** · 06-16-2010, 11:56 AM

Hello Gary,

I had that same experience when I first seriously started my commitment with zazen (sitting meditation in Zen). I asked to my Roshi about it and he told me that when this happens, maybe, because sometimes the ego has been increased with meditation as when we feel "ourselves" as "I am feeling better with..." so, some life facts can threaten more easily that "I am..." that has been fattened, inconspicuosly, during meditation.

After that I understand the odd zen saying "do zazen just because..."

06-16-2010, 11:56 AM	#6
BgpOoGI2 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Hello Gary, I had that same experience when I first seriously started my commitment with zazen (sitting meditation in Zen). I asked to my Roshi about it and he told me that when this happens, maybe, because sometimes the ego has been increased with meditation as when we feel "ourselves" as "I am feeling better with..." so, some life facts can threaten more easily that "I am..." that has been fattened, inconspicuosly, during meditation. After that I understand the odd zen saying "do zazen just because..."
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