Dropping Body and Mind — Action, Just Action

During cross-country skiing,

when attention is completely absorbed in the glide,

there is no sense of

“I am skiing.”

The thinking self,

the body being controlled—

both disappear somewhere,

and there is only the skiing itself.

The feel of wind brushing the cheeks,

the breath,

the rhythm,

the stillness.

There is no

“I’m doing well,”

“a tired body.”

There is only

what is happening—

just that.

Body and mind fall away,

with no separation from what is encountered.

That is dropping body and mind.

The very same thing that happens in zazen

is happening here,

naturally.

Not a special state—

just being fully absorbed,

just being.

And it appears, anytime.

This moment.

That’s all.

——

No need to say “it’s okay as it is.”

Just as it is.

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