A Moment Ago, I Was Caught Up in Thoughts

You may be tempted in zazen to think. A moment ago, i was caught up in thinking and wasn't even present. Now i have come back to the present moment. This is nothing other than identification with the sconda of consciousness. When you were caught up in thought, what was your body doing? It was still sitting. It was still fulfilling your spiritual intention to sit. As you sat there, if a sound occurred in yor lie room, you would have heard it when you were caughtup in thought. Was there a you? Or did you disappear entirely, only to sap back into existence when you became mindful of the present moment? Again, if your self comes