In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.

Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.