Hate is a building torn down,
but love is building.
- Sensefield, "Building"
jamesbickers.com
Whitemoth is the name under which I compose ambient, new age and electronic music. Shikantaza is the first recording that I am making available, and it is yours at no charge. It was designed as a guided meditation - a 24-hour day telescoped into 30 minutes - and I hope it brings you some pleasure.
| 1 | sunlight falls through the window at seven oh three | 10:26 | 9.56 MB |
| 2 | the next is never the first | 04:41 | 4.30 MB |
| 3 | it is evening and your heart may rest | 10:41 | 9.77 MB |
Click here to download the entire album, with hi-res artwork (approx. 25 mb)
Shikantaza, our zazen, is just to be ourselves. When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. This practice continues forever.
So we have enjoyment, we are free, we feel free to express ourselves because we are ready to fade into emptiness. When we are trying to be active and special and to accomplish something, we cannot express ourselves. Small self will be expressed, but big self will not appear from the emptiness. From the emptiness only great self appears. That is shikantaza, okay? It is not so difficult if you really try.
- Shunryu Suzuki