Yeshua's Primary Question - Conclusion

On a practical basis , a modified technique for koan work is the following:

• As a supplement to your sitting practice/centering prayer, hold the question "What love is this?" (or some other koan/question), feeling your way into the full spectrum of the voices of love. This holding is not a mantra with constant repetitions. Rather, give yourself wholeheartedly to the questioning, yet without any expectation of an answer.

• Let any thoughts that arise evaporate on the red hot razor edge of the question.

• Hold the question more in your heart and belly than in your head.

• Maintain a beginner's mind of curiosity and humility of not knowing.

• Remember that koan work is more about intimacy than control or intellectual certitudes.

• Beyond sitting, lace your day with a generous peppering of the question. Try to propose the question at stressful times, especially before the internal monologue kicks in.
  

• This questioning is a tool to aid in awakening, by uncovering and making explicit the mercurial essence of our core beliefs.