The support is mutual, definitely. I know for certain fact that I would not be sitting on many days without the accountability and constant presence of this little community.
Sat for 17 minutes, until the phone rang. Ruth is right, announcing that I'll be meditating makes sense. Such things -- my sweetie's presence, the phone ringing -- are anomalous, and by nature hard to predict, but I'm realizing that aberrations are bound to happen. I'm learning to be more proactively protective of my time.
Mary, I'm glad you could sit for 10 minutes and know that the world wouldn't fall apart. I don't know if I could do that??!
Looks like the longer it goes the more support we're all drawing from eachother.
Blimey!!!!
I am very distracted at the moment and appreciate checking in as a motivation. Also our cats' darling little brother died and I had much comforting to do, and sadness and fear to feel...
I sat for 20 minutes up stairs while the cd was playing and chatting going on and banging and...SMOKING...in our house. J's family are here. They are lovely, helpful and sensitive but nevertheless I'm feeling a bit squeezed out and very irritated, just wanting peace and quiet and above all to be alone. I didn't think I'd be able to sit but actually I had a very peaceful moment despite the noise. The only one in the day. I just sat there, a breathing body in a room, and realised I didn't have to be RUTH attaching to irritations and needs and habits. I even managed to carry the sense downstairs with me and half way accross the kitchen!!! It's a start!
Meditation has been restorative the last few days (thanks) yesterday especially, as other overlapping practice throughout the day put me in a more focused state to begin.
This morning was a bit of working through random emotions of frustration. Hope this will bring some extra patience to my dealings today.
I would 'fourth' that thought--I cannot begin to say how much encouragement this group has brought to my practice.
Moose: To be honest I was actually convinced that the world WOULD fall apart. :-) But I sat anyway, which says a lot about the strengthening effect of this little group, as Dale and Aki have said.
Ruth: Thinking of you with the family and with the cat bereavement. In a couple of weeks I am going away for a week, probably sharing a room and with not much free time, so am interested to read how you are managing. I suspect I may have to lower my expectations ....
Sat again this morning and am glad I did.
I need to stay very grounded at the moment. Lots of imminent change, so prioritising the meditation is important.
Oh dear, I collapsed ill yesterday and just lay there all day being pathetic and didn't sit up for long enough to meditate. I am up and working today, though, and I know I will try again today to sit.
I smiled at Dale's remark - yes, it's amusing how often I too find myself thinking AGAIN that things will settle down any time now...
Ruth, sorry about the wee cat, that's very sad. I love your description of realising you don't HAVE to attach to all those needs and habits and irritations -YES! and half way across the room, well, that must be several seconds, brava :-)
Mary, glad to hear you are going away. Hope the last week of work is going ok, and that the coming break is wonderful (of course, it rarely is unequivocally wonderful and fixating on expectations that it will be is not, as you say, the best idea, but you know what I mean)
Moose, couldn't you turn the phone's ring off for a few minutes, or ask you sweetie to answer it?
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Sat ten minutes last night. Hopefully life settles down a bit for me now. (I've grown suspicious of how often I find myself saying that, though :->)
Thank you all. I certainly would not have sat the past couple days without your support.
The support is mutual, definitely. I know for certain fact that I would not be sitting on many days without the accountability and constant presence of this little community.
Sat for 17 minutes, until the phone rang. Ruth is right, announcing that I'll be meditating makes sense. Such things -- my sweetie's presence, the phone ringing -- are anomalous, and by nature hard to predict, but I'm realizing that aberrations are bound to happen. I'm learning to be more proactively protective of my time.
Mary, I'm glad you could sit for 10 minutes and know that the world wouldn't fall apart. I don't know if I could do that??!
Looks like the longer it goes the more support we're all drawing from eachother.
Blimey!!!!
I am very distracted at the moment and appreciate checking in as a motivation. Also our cats' darling little brother died and I had much comforting to do, and sadness and fear to feel...
I sat for 20 minutes up stairs while the cd was playing and chatting going on and banging and...SMOKING...in our house. J's family are here. They are lovely, helpful and sensitive but nevertheless I'm feeling a bit squeezed out and very irritated, just wanting peace and quiet and above all to be alone. I didn't think I'd be able to sit but actually I had a very peaceful moment despite the noise. The only one in the day. I just sat there, a breathing body in a room, and realised I didn't have to be RUTH attaching to irritations and needs and habits. I even managed to carry the sense downstairs with me and half way accross the kitchen!!! It's a start!
Hello Soen Joon!
Meditation has been restorative the last few days (thanks) yesterday especially, as other overlapping practice throughout the day put me in a more focused state to begin.
This morning was a bit of working through random emotions of frustration. Hope this will bring some extra patience to my dealings today.
I would 'fourth' that thought--I cannot begin to say how much encouragement this group has brought to my practice.
Moose: To be honest I was actually convinced that the world WOULD fall apart. :-) But I sat anyway, which says a lot about the strengthening effect of this little group, as Dale and Aki have said.
Ruth: Thinking of you with the family and with the cat bereavement. In a couple of weeks I am going away for a week, probably sharing a room and with not much free time, so am interested to read how you are managing. I suspect I may have to lower my expectations ....
Sat again this morning and am glad I did.
I need to stay very grounded at the moment. Lots of imminent change, so prioritising the meditation is important.
Oh dear, I collapsed ill yesterday and just lay there all day being pathetic and didn't sit up for long enough to meditate. I am up and working today, though, and I know I will try again today to sit.
I smiled at Dale's remark - yes, it's amusing how often I too find myself thinking AGAIN that things will settle down any time now...
Ruth, sorry about the wee cat, that's very sad. I love your description of realising you don't HAVE to attach to all those needs and habits and irritations -YES! and half way across the room, well, that must be several seconds, brava :-)
Mary, glad to hear you are going away. Hope the last week of work is going ok, and that the coming break is wonderful (of course, it rarely is unequivocally wonderful and fixating on expectations that it will be is not, as you say, the best idea, but you know what I mean)
Moose, couldn't you turn the phone's ring off for a few minutes, or ask you sweetie to answer it?
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