"Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs on hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate—he has little success in this—but with the other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins, for he sees different (and more) things than do the others; after all, dead as he is in his own lifetime, he is the real survivor. This assumes that he does not need both hands, or more hands than he has, in his struggle against despair."--Kafka



Thursday, April 21, 2011

跑步禪

禪修是經歷,說不清,一定要親身體會,才能修得「念定慧」,有正念,就會有專注和智慧生起。我現在盡可能在生活中加入禪修原素,例如我開始跑步,以往我從來不感到跑步很有趣,感到是苦差,但跑了三次以後我就感到有趣了,覺察自己的呼吸、姿勢、想法、周圍的環境。覺察到呼吸太急促,就嘗試改變呼吸頻率節奏;覺察到自己上身擺動得太厲害,以致太累,就嘗試少一點擺動;覺察到會與別人成績比較,就嘗試專注當下的步伐和呼吸......種種回應都源於覺察,於是跑著跑著,我就感到自己的身體是實驗場所,它教我很多智慧,讓我覺察原來我的大腿有力而缺乏適合自己的呼吸節奏,也覺察到很多時候是心念想放棄而已,而身體實在是潛能無限,只要肯繼續修習就必能夠超越界限。跑完後感覺舒暢自在,無怪乎一行禪師說勞動是修習的好法門。

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