I went skiing alone the other day.

It is the frequency of one year in a year, however, even though I feel honestly troublesome, I try to continue it as much as possible.

Even just one day, sucking the clear air of the mountain, and watching the lower bound from the top of the mountain, I feel that something miscellaneous is removed from my body,

When entering the slope of the expert, the feeling that the inside of the head is "pure white" is likely that the whole of brain CPU is occupied, and I cannot think anything.

"Comparatively I can obtain such extraordinary life easily"

That is my "skiing alone".

I do not know if such "extraordinary" is the same as meditation or zazen(I have never done meditation or zazen before), however, I think that only a few minutes while rushing into a steep slope will bring

"spiritual state of nothingness"

(Even so, an explanation of "spiritual state of nothingness" is a phrase containing contradiction.)

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This time, the ski shoes broke down into rumbling.

The joint of the buckle was peeled off, the plastic in the sole crumbled, and the screws were exposed.

I think that the shoes worked well for 15 years.

I also thought that someone might be saying, "you are going to retire skiing soon"

I come to think that "No matter what is doing, I never stop skiing".

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Until I am able to do conquering slide at the expert course, I definitely continue to ski alone.

Totally just practicing skiing less than three hours once in a year (about 1 hour if I put the time for ridng lift and taking a rest), there is "possibility of absence" of "conquering slide".

Exactly, this "possibility of absence" is essential to counter the "troublesome" at the beginning.