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View submission: What motivates you to practice?
I kind of have two motivations:
1. My practice has reduced my suffering and the suffering of those around me. So I absolutely have this as a continuing goal: Liberation from suffering. Both for myself and others.
2. My second motivation is a bit hard to describe. It kind of feels like magnetic force pulling me towards it. It feels somewhat out of my control. It's not "Qweniden". It feels like a destiny almost. Like something is manifesting on its own completely outside my volitional control. Its very hard to articulate.
Both of these drive my practice in equal measures and seem intertwined.
It has certainly been a crazy adventure. I feel very lucky.
Comment by Pure-Alternative-515 at 15/01/2025 at 14:09 UTC
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Any advice on how to find a legit teacher? I live in Maryland and I have not been able to find a Zen Center that regularly holds sesshin and Dokusan. I have joined Meido Moore’s Patreon and I’m going to one of his beginner retreats in April. I also have talked to Kokyo Henkel a bit and he said he’d be glad to work with me if I come out to the west coast but he advised me to really find a main teacher closer to me.