seems to me that if one's focus is "... about maintaining the
discipline...", then the very act of "maintaining" implies effort.
discipline requires effort. One does not acquire discipline by "not doing".
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> From: Theo Joyal <joyal@spyral.net>
> Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:37:30 -0400
> To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Shaku] RE: Pitch and Temp
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> Dear Bruno, I too believe in this path also.. with each new breakthrough
> there comes a subconscious, and understood awareness . a mind in process
> without realizing the end result. tj
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>> From: Bruno Desch=EAnes <bruno@musis.ca>
>> Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:29:57 -0400
>> To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Shaku] RE: Pitch and Temp
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>> In a very personal vein, I practice somewhat in that way as suggested
>> by Kyosei. I do not try to do it. I simply practice without really
>> trying to do things. Sometimes my sound if awful, at some other times,
>> it is okay, and some other it is good. But, suddenly, I realize that
>> there is an improvement of some sort. My focus is about maintaining the
>> discipline and everything else appears to fall into place gradually. I
>> try to appl the Zen principle: doing by not doing.
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>> Bruno
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>> Le 04-04-07, =E0 14:07, KYOSEI1@aol.com a =E9crit :
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>>> From a Zen perspective the view is clear ( :>). If playing is part of
>>> your spiritual path, then playing and practicing to deepen your
>>> precision without being attached to it is the way to go. This requires
>>> awareness of what you are doing, it does not permit you to say I'm on
>>> a spiritual path and us it as an excuse for the lack of precision.
>>> =A0
>>> When you reach that precision, and your heart/mind will know it, you
>>> will realize that you have been in that special place we call samadi
>>> or that place of spiritual practice.
>>> =A0
>>> In Gassho,
>>> Kyosei
>>> =A0
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>> Bruno Desch=EAnes
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> Bruno Desch=EAnes
>> T=E9l.: (514) 277-4665
>> E-mail: bruno@musis.ca
>> Site Web: http://pages.infinit.net/musis/
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