Get Thee to a Monastery

In a few hours I will be heading up to Mt. Equity Zen Monastery for weekend sesshin. Here's a quote that I will be keeping in mind as I anticipate the many wanderings of my mind during the several hours of sitting we'll be doing each day.

A monk was asked, "What do you do there in the monastery?" He replied, "We fall and get up, we fall and get up, we fall and get up."

~ St. Benedict

This is SO TRUE! Mind wanders and I bring it back to the breath, over and over again. The trick for me is to do this without judging the 'mind wandering' part.