Oh dear, hadn't meditated again since Tuesday! So locked myself in the office and sat this lunchtime. Meant to sit for 5 minutes and did so for half an hour. It was so nice, and afterwards I felt so much less disempowered by illness and depression.
John, who was here in the last 100 days, has posted some terrific quotations from Zen teacher Ezra Bayda, whose book, 'At Home in the Muddy Water', I liked a lot: http://tinyurl.com/oy5xz
I'm chuckling a bit, Jean, to picture you locking yourself in your office to sit: hey, whatever works! :-)
I haven't yet sat today (busy, busy). But I did sit for about 10 minutes at home & then about 10 minutes after yoga class last night, so I am finding mini-ports in the daily storm.
By way of reminder, tomorrow is our together-sit, at (I think) 6 pm EST time. (Somewhere Dale posted the time in various timezones...)
So our next monthly sit, while I'm thinking of it, will be Friday, March 3rd, at 11pm GMT, i.e.
Fri, March 3, 3:00 pm Vancouver Fri, March 3, 4:00 pm Boise Fri, March 3, 6:00 pm Montreal Fri, March 3, 11:00 pm London Fri/Sat Midnight Berlin Sat, March 4, 8:00 am Tokyo Sat, March 4, 9:00 am Queensland
Did I miss anyone? Montreal is the same as "Eastern time" in Canada & the US, and Tokyo and Seoul share a time zone.
By the way, is including you Londoners as "Europeans" correct, in your books?
And Ruth, your time would be an hour ahead of Greenwich in the winter, so your time would be the same as Udge's, I think? (that seems odd -- it's a long way to Berlin!)
Absolutely, Dale: we're Europeans (although some British prefer to think of us as an island apart and often refer to 'Europe' as if we were something else.) Actually, maybe for many it's a case of 'in, but not of, Europe! Anna.
good afternoon everyone. it's been a while since i last dropped by.
i've taken up daily sittings again after a long off-period.
i really want to develop the daily habit of sitting down on my zafu at the very least one time. length of the sitting doesn't much matter (although my ego seems to want to set a minimum of at least 5 minutes).
so, i thought i'd drop by and try to join the 100 days community again for support.
looking forward to our together-sit tomorrow … thanks for reminders, Lorianne and Dale
one on my blogger friends reminded me that today is Ash Wednesday ... "the ministering priest marks the foreheads of the faithful with ash during the traditional Ash Wednesday service, commanding each of them to "remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return."
while I'm not familiar with the Catholic faith (nor the Christian faith either for that matter), the concept of being nothing does appeal
the whole idea of what-happens-next is fascinating … “don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”.
perhaps a good day to meditate on impermanence ???
If y'all do some sort of prayers or practice for departed sentient beings, you could send a thought along with my little white cat, whom we had put down today. She was perhaps the sweetest-tempered cat I've ever known.
Dale, furry friends are sometimes the dearest. Of course I will think of her.
Brenda, I think we are going to have to lock YOU in an office! (Just kidding!) Your adventures cheer up my days and remind me that the fifties need not be a time of loneliness and sensual diminishment. I'm fortunate to be married, but it is still a challenge to go through this period of change gracefully and confidently.
Welcome back, John! And "ji jang bosal" for Dale's cat.
(Ji Jang Bosal is the Korean name for the Japanese Jizo, the bodhisattva who guards children, pregnant women, travelers, and the deceased. When people die, we repeat JJB's name to generate the positive energy spirits need to travel from this world to the next.)
I still haven't sat today...but I'm tired enough now that I just might have to settle in for some "horizontal meditation" before going to sleep tonight.
Hi John, and Dale, your cat, yes... our animals are such beautiful, loving beings that I wish only a safe. loving passage through the bardo planes.
My life is continuing apace. The Science Professir and I aren't, we're only emailing, and he's revealed some things that make continuing almost impossible, so I need to leave that now. Also it seems that one or perhaps two other men are combing my posts and reading all the comments and I don't think I ought to be over here 'telling all,' not because I have anything to hide, and am always honest and am almost incapable of talking behind anyone's back without telling them what I've said, but because I don't want to hurt anyone if they should read what I've said here and mistconstue my meaning.
For the last decade, as I've gotten older, I've believed when a man comes into my life it is for something emotional or spiritual. It is as if they entrust me with an aspect of their essence, perhaps a part of their heart, vulnerable and beautiful, and I endeavour to give whatever I can in the way of healing, even if I can't get intimately involved and hope ultimately I do some good somewhere.
I try very hard not to hurt anyone or get hurt myself. Sometimes it's a most difficult dance of not letting compromising situations happen. A fine balance where what may look like hurt actually contains an affirmation that lasts long after the affair that didn't happen. Mostly I believe 'he' wants to be assured that he's loveable. Surely that is the least I can do...
But I shall leave talk of all this now. This is a public forum.
Meditation this evening was difficult, but I still finished it. The rest from the affairs of the world was welcome.
Just discovered this and I wish I had found it earlier but never mind as the profile says one can join in at any time.
Been feeling low for a while and can't really put a finger on it. I find it very difficult to build in some quiet time for meditation in my life. I have tried waking up 30 minutes ealier in the morning ( I am a morning person) but there seems to be some invisible cord running between my three year old daughter and I because no matter what time I wake up in the morning, she wakes up five minutes later and of course, there goes my quiet time out the window.
I really wish I could find some other way around this as I am feeling disoriented and out of center. Being a christian, prayer time is also very important to me and would want to merge meditation and prayer together.
I will read though the comments and perhaps I will find some entries that may help me on my way.
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Oh dear, hadn't meditated again since Tuesday! So locked myself in the office and sat this lunchtime. Meant to sit for 5 minutes and did so for half an hour. It was so nice, and afterwards I felt so much less disempowered by illness and depression.
John, who was here in the last 100 days, has posted some terrific quotations from Zen teacher Ezra Bayda, whose book, 'At Home in the Muddy Water', I liked a lot: http://tinyurl.com/oy5xz
word verification: evikr (e-vicar?)
Hey there, everyone.
I'm chuckling a bit, Jean, to picture you locking yourself in your office to sit: hey, whatever works! :-)
I haven't yet sat today (busy, busy). But I did sit for about 10 minutes at home & then about 10 minutes after yoga class last night, so I am finding mini-ports in the daily storm.
By way of reminder, tomorrow is our together-sit, at (I think) 6 pm EST time. (Somewhere Dale posted the time in various timezones...)
Thank you for the reminder Lorianne!!!
Yes, tomorrow! Reposting that post:
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So our next monthly sit, while I'm thinking of it, will be Friday, March 3rd, at 11pm GMT, i.e.
Fri, March 3, 3:00 pm Vancouver
Fri, March 3, 4:00 pm Boise
Fri, March 3, 6:00 pm Montreal
Fri, March 3, 11:00 pm London
Fri/Sat Midnight Berlin
Sat, March 4, 8:00 am Tokyo
Sat, March 4, 9:00 am Queensland
Did I miss anyone? Montreal is the same as "Eastern time" in Canada & the US, and Tokyo and Seoul share a time zone.
By the way, is including you Londoners as "Europeans" correct, in your books?
And Ruth, your time would be an hour ahead of Greenwich in the winter, so your time would be the same as Udge's, I think? (that seems odd -- it's a long way to Berlin!)
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Absolutely, Dale: we're Europeans (although some British prefer to think of us as an island apart and often refer to 'Europe' as if we were something else.) Actually, maybe for many it's a case of 'in, but not of, Europe!
Anna.
good afternoon everyone. it's been a while since i last dropped by.
i've taken up daily sittings again after a long off-period.
i really want to develop the daily habit of sitting down on my zafu at the very least one time. length of the sitting doesn't much matter (although my ego seems to want to set a minimum of at least 5 minutes).
so, i thought i'd drop by and try to join the 100 days community again for support.
Day Three (for me)
Good morning cyber sangha friends
looking forward to our together-sit tomorrow … thanks for reminders, Lorianne and Dale
one on my blogger friends reminded me that today is Ash Wednesday ... "the ministering priest marks the foreheads of the faithful with ash during the traditional Ash Wednesday service, commanding each of them to "remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return."
while I'm not familiar with the Catholic faith (nor the Christian faith either for that matter), the concept of being nothing does appeal
the whole idea of what-happens-next is fascinating … “don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”.
perhaps a good day to meditate on impermanence ???
Hey, great to see you back, John!
If y'all do some sort of prayers or practice for departed sentient beings, you could send a thought along with my little white cat, whom we had put down today. She was perhaps the sweetest-tempered cat I've ever known.
[[[Dale]]]I'm just about to go and do a short evening meditation now so of course I'll send her a prayer. So very sorry.
Wishing everyone a peaceful evening. Welcome back John.
dale: prayers for the passing on of your little furry family member.
also, thanks for the welcome back everyone.
Oh Dale. I'm sorry. And yes, of course.
Hi John! Good to see you here.
Jean and Mary, I'm so glad youré feeling better.
Dale, furry friends are sometimes the dearest. Of course I will think of her.
Brenda, I think we are going to have to lock YOU in an office! (Just kidding!) Your adventures cheer up my days and remind me that the fifties need not be a time of loneliness and sensual diminishment. I'm fortunate to be married, but it is still a challenge to go through this period of change gracefully and confidently.
Welcome back, John! And "ji jang bosal" for Dale's cat.
(Ji Jang Bosal is the Korean name for the Japanese Jizo, the bodhisattva who guards children, pregnant women, travelers, and the deceased. When people die, we repeat JJB's name to generate the positive energy spirits need to travel from this world to the next.)
I still haven't sat today...but I'm tired enough now that I just might have to settle in for some "horizontal meditation" before going to sleep tonight.
Hi John, and Dale, your cat, yes... our animals are such beautiful, loving beings that I wish only a safe. loving passage through the bardo planes.
My life is continuing apace. The Science Professir and I aren't, we're only emailing, and he's revealed some things that make continuing almost impossible, so I need to leave that now. Also it seems that one or perhaps two other men are combing my posts and reading all the comments and I don't think I ought to be over here 'telling all,' not because I have anything to hide, and am always honest and am almost incapable of talking behind anyone's back without telling them what I've said, but because I don't want to hurt anyone if they should read what I've said here and mistconstue my meaning.
For the last decade, as I've gotten older, I've believed when a man comes into my life it is for something emotional or spiritual. It is as if they entrust me with an aspect of their essence, perhaps a part of their heart, vulnerable and beautiful, and I endeavour to give whatever I can in the way of healing, even if I can't get intimately involved and hope ultimately I do some good somewhere.
I try very hard not to hurt anyone or get hurt myself. Sometimes it's a most difficult dance of not letting compromising situations happen. A fine balance where what may look like hurt actually contains an affirmation that lasts long after the affair that didn't happen. Mostly I believe 'he' wants to be assured that he's loveable. Surely that is the least I can do...
But I shall leave talk of all this now. This is a public forum.
Meditation this evening was difficult, but I still finished it. The rest from the affairs of the world was welcome.
Hello,
Just discovered this and I wish I had found it earlier but never mind as the profile says one can join in at any time.
Been feeling low for a while and can't really put a finger on it. I find it very difficult to build in some quiet time for meditation in my life. I have tried waking up 30 minutes ealier in the morning ( I am a morning person) but there seems to be some invisible cord running between my three year old daughter and I because no matter what time I wake up in the morning, she wakes up five minutes later and of course, there goes my quiet time out the window.
I really wish I could find some other way around this as I am feeling disoriented and out of center. Being a christian, prayer time is also very important to me and would want to merge meditation and prayer together.
I will read though the comments and perhaps I will find some entries that may help me on my way.
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