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Zen practice
It may seem obvious, but the best way to soften the extremes of the mind, Suzuki says, is to sit, be still and breathe. See your thoughts as waves which, with constant breathing, gradually get smaller, until the water of your mind grows calm. Leave your mind to itself, and this will always happen. The mind of 'I' will become big mind, or the field of pure being.
Sitting and breathing will take us away from the ego's idea that we are someone special. We think that the part of ourselves that wants special things is who we are, but our true nature, which comes out in Zen practice, is more powerful than this. It is attuned to the larger Mind, so when we are in touch with it we go beyond the 'I', which paradoxically makes us more compassionate and more joyful. When everything is based on the 'I', we struggle all the time.
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