TRA is for Trance: On the Linguistics of Crossing Over
The Emerald
00:00
Meditation - Meditation in the Zen Way
In traditional yoga, meditation comes at the end of a series of life style practices and physical practices that prepare the vessel for meditation. At the zen monastery i stayed out in japan as a child, the monks woke at three a m and did two hours of vigorous callisthenics and chanting before taking the meditation seat. Mantra crosses the mind, crosses the torrent head full of vibrational static. Its simple sing hum smooth out the edges, bind the floating clates. Weave a thread, a thread cha across the traverse. Tra man tra so if you listen to this for a bit, listen, when you come out the other side, you may feel like a traverse has
Transcript
Play full episode
