Student H: In zazen, if the cushion before your
eyes begins to glow, or you see the bodhisattvas blinking their eyes, or the
people on each side of you seem to be mutants, what is happening?
SR: What is happening? Maybe that is a good experience. But sometime, you know,
it is because of your bad breathing exercise. If it is healthy, you
know, good experience for you, of course that is very good. But sometime, you
know, it is just some created idea because of your unhealthy practice. What I mean is it is not always good, you know.
Student H: Well, one feels very peaceful when one sees this.
SR: Mm-hmm
Student H: Then perhaps it's good.
SR: Yeah.
Student H: But if, for instance, there's a feeling of a strong weight on the
head--
SR: Yeah.
Student H: Then that's unpleasant.
SR: Yeah.
Student H: And one doesn't know what to do.
SR: Yeah. That is because your breathing is not so good. But even if it
is good, you shouldn't stick to it, --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-15 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
