"...unencumbered by modular thinking..."

                        I can't recall where I heard this or from whom for that matter -- but it "arrived" as a 1st sentence so I'm goin' with it .

             Today's blog/bloid is about Resting and Zen Master Seung Sahn's 'deployment' of 

                                         "Put it all down, put it all down, put everything down."  

             I insist that Resting-- Getting Rest-- is as important as "Hard Training".   We will 'get to' "Hard Training" in other blogs but mention it "in passing" this morning .   OBVIOUSLY, 'Resting' is the exact opposite of Hard Training but both are EQUAL with regard to their ultimate Benefit .

             The question, "Why does Meditation require Rest ?"   For some of us maintaining the 'Meditative State' is an ALL DAY 'operation' since 'holding' a Question> that its answer may arrive freely < requires EXERTION.   Here it is where Exertion demands FOCUS and Concentration, even while performing the task at hand .   Exertion is an Expenditure of Energy and this Energy must be replenished, such is the nature of Rest .