A Letter I wrote in the Zen Retreat.

Leigo mentioned that I should write this letter as a record. I think that's a good idea, because the retreat was fun.

For those who are not familiar with the Zen retreat, during the end of retreat, people write a letter to someone as a way to express their feelings and experience during the retreat. The following is a letter written by me at the end of retreat.

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Dear Peter, (this is a letter written by my left leg),

I am glad that the retreat is finally over. For the past few days, you have basically treated me like BEEEEP. You BEEP BEEP. Starting from day one, you have been ignoring my screams. For example, on Friday night, after 1 sessions passed, I was feeling uneasy and I thought the meditation was over, but No....., smart you want to go for session 2. I started to scream and yell, but you continue to ignore me. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU. I WANT TO MOVE OUT!!! How come I am always not as lucky as my brother (the right leg). He is always the BOTTOM! Finaly, when I heard the sound, "ta, ta, ting~," I thought the torture camp was finally over. BUT, YOU ARE NOT MOVING!! I was screaming - "Hey Buddy, get up and take a pee or something. Don't you see people are walking around smiling and messaging their legs!!?! SMART YOU WANT TO GO FOR SESSION 3!!! GIVE IT UP, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ENLIGHTENED. You will learn how to breath slowly, and THAT'S IT!!"
As session 3 passed by, I was screaming every second, and you were sweating like crazy. Both of us were in some kind of hallucinating state. However, I felt somewhat better, because at least my brother (the right leg), is starting to experience the same BEEP I was experiencing. Ha ha.

Well, 3 days has passed. I did get use to your torture. Besides, sometimes I got to be the BOTTOM, so I could have some rest. Are you into S&M? Is this what it was? I am actually getting to like it. I can tell other legs about it.


Your left leg, Steven

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Note: this particular sitting lasted about 1 hour and 4o minutes.