During table work (in process of not moving a leg) in a lesson on 17th November 2001 asked about how one can work in this way in Zazen...
MB: When we're moving around we don't notice, but when we keep still after a while we begin to notice.
Human beings are built to lengthen.
MC: Are you interested in all the nuts and bolts of lengthening -- the anatomy of the spine, reflexes, et cetera?
MB: No, not a bit!
The problem is that we try to lengthen, to lengthen more than nature allows.
That creates a strain, a pulling down.
MB: When we're moving around we don't notice, but when we keep still after a while we begin to notice.
Human beings are built to lengthen.
MC: Are you interested in all the nuts and bolts of lengthening -- the anatomy of the spine, reflexes, et cetera?
MB: No, not a bit!
The problem is that we try to lengthen, to lengthen more than nature allows.
That creates a strain, a pulling down.
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