Sat this morning. A little prayer and then my usual 10 minutes or so, then a conscious bringing myself back to the room.
I needed it this morning as "my" Underground line to work is suspended today and tomorrow, so the whole morning getting to work routine is much longer (via buses etc).
Tomorrow I shall be setting the alarm for the meditation, it is my last day at work, no Underground and I want to be in early to be ready for the handover to my successor. Lots to do and I won't be as ready to face it without the meditation ...
Jean: thanks for your good thoughts and I do hope you are feeling better.
ok i have to admit this is my first day i didn' sit. or walk. excuses? wonderful people coming to dinner and practice and shpping and...well ichose to use my free time to write a blog about truffles. but no job or kids or need to set an alarm so feel a bit guilty. anyway, prepared to repair tomorrow in the hope i'm forgiven by the universe....
You can go to my blog to see what's been going on with me. The short form is that I am all right after a very scary experience. But I want to tell you all that meditation, even under extreme circumstances, is THERE and it does help. I have felt very connected to my breath these past days. Love and thanks to you all; I thought of you.
Confession time: I didn't sit this morning. I got immersed in a William Stafford book instead so it's my own darn transgression. I will try to sit this evening. So Ruth, it's you and me both today, for similar reasons. Let's get back on track!
Beth, I'm so sorry to hear about the time you've had. If it's any comfort, a relative went through something similar several months ago and has healed up nicely. I trust you will, too. Definitely scary, though. Take good care until you do.
And {{Jean}}, I hope you are taking good tender care of yourself, too, in your own way.
Didn't want to meditate last night, I must admit. I kept thinking that if I emptied my mind it would fill up with thoughts of avian flu and of the freezing earthquake survivors who painted HELP US on the mountainside and waited a week for the helicopters that didn't come. I do think we should think about these things, of course, but thinking about them for 15 minutes before bed and then not sleeping didn't seem helpful. It didn't happen, though. It was very quiet at midnight and there was just the silence and my breath, as usual. I always forget that meditation really is a different space from discursive thought.
Beth, it's wonderful to know that you were able to feel your breath through such a scary health crisis. Big, big enfolding hugs from me too!
Shamefaced confession: I'm a bit relieved that some of you have been falling off the meditation wagon like me. And absolutely sure that if I got right back on again, you will too.
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Sat this morning. A little prayer and then my usual 10 minutes or so, then a conscious bringing myself back to the room.
I needed it this morning as "my" Underground line to work is suspended today and tomorrow, so the whole morning getting to work routine is much longer (via buses etc).
Tomorrow I shall be setting the alarm for the meditation, it is my last day at work, no Underground and I want to be in early to be ready for the handover to my successor. Lots to do and I won't be as ready to face it without the meditation ...
Jean: thanks for your good thoughts and I do hope you are feeling better.
Sat 20 minutes last night.
ok i have to admit this is my first day i didn' sit. or walk. excuses? wonderful people coming to dinner and practice and shpping and...well ichose to use my free time to write a blog about truffles. but no job or kids or need to set an alarm so feel a bit guilty. anyway, prepared to repair tomorrow in the hope i'm forgiven by the universe....
Jean, I do hope you're feeling better.
You can go to my blog to see what's been going on with me. The short form is that I am all right after a very scary experience. But I want to tell you all that meditation, even under extreme circumstances, is THERE and it does help. I have felt very connected to my breath these past days. Love and thanks to you all; I thought of you.
:-)
Just get back up on the bike as soon as possible, Ruth. I find the universe is pretty lenient with me, compared to myself.
Jean, I hope you feel all better soon!
Mary, I hope tomorrow goes well! And then on to the next adventure, eh?
Hey, Beth! I didn't expect to see you here this quick! {{{hugs}}}
Confession time: I didn't sit this morning. I got immersed in a William Stafford book instead so it's my own darn transgression. I will try to sit this evening. So Ruth, it's you and me both today, for similar reasons. Let's get back on track!
Beth, I'm so sorry to hear about the time you've had. If it's any comfort, a relative went through something similar several months ago and has healed up nicely. I trust you will, too. Definitely scary, though. Take good care until you do.
And {{Jean}}, I hope you are taking good tender care of yourself, too, in your own way.
Didn't want to meditate last night, I must admit. I kept thinking that if I emptied my mind it would fill up with thoughts of avian flu and of the freezing earthquake survivors who painted HELP US on the mountainside and waited a week for the helicopters that didn't come. I do think we should think about these things, of course, but thinking about them for 15 minutes before bed and then not sleeping didn't seem helpful. It didn't happen, though. It was very quiet at midnight and there was just the silence and my breath, as usual. I always forget that meditation really is a different space from discursive thought.
Beth, it's wonderful to know that you were able to feel your breath through such a scary health crisis. Big, big enfolding hugs from me too!
Shamefaced confession: I'm a bit relieved that some of you have been falling off the meditation wagon like me. And absolutely sure that if I got right back on again, you will too.
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