Yesterday was a first for me. I went to a Buddhist centre (FWBO) for a lunchtime meditation session. I didn't know what to expect - there were about a dozen of us and we were talked through, very painstakingly, a mindfulness of the breath meditation. I had to keep my eyes half open or else I would have fallen asleep. I spoke to the leader afterwards and he said it was generally more experienced meditators who nodd off. I said it wasn't that, I'd just been sleeping badly recently ....
We were allowed to sit on chairs too which had been a worry for me with my potentially dodgy back and knee.
Overall it was very positive and I will go back when I can. The centre seems a good place, a lot of outreach to the local community ...
Lorianne: hope the headache and the legs are better!
Mary, it sounds good! I hope you do start getting some sleep.
Sat for a short while this morning again. Intending to sit tonight again, first thing upon getting home. Night before last I couldn't sleep -- finally dropped off at four and got a couple hours and dragged through the day yesterday and didn't sit. Not getting sleep is disastrous for anything I do that requires a little resolve. I don't know what sleep mostly does or how, I don't think anyone does, but I know that it refills my resolve ducts. When you've got one that don't hold much, that's pretty critical :-)
When I'm tired, it's easier to meditate because that means sitting still physically and mentally :) It's thinking that I have difficulty with. Creative work and exhaustion seem aligned, and meditation, but logical, crisp thinking requires the kind of energy that comes from sleep-filled nights. I become over-sensitive when truly tired, the day after day kind of tired when you haven't had a good night's sleep in ages. Then probably all resolve melts before desire for sleep and nothing but uninterrupted sleep. -:)
Oh sleep. It's underrated in our culture, I think. I can't do well without plenty of it, though I don't always get that. It affects every kind of resilience I have, whether that's resolve or thinking or anything else. With that, off to bed!
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Yesterday was a first for me. I went to a Buddhist centre (FWBO) for a lunchtime meditation session. I didn't know what to expect - there were about a dozen of us and we were talked through, very painstakingly, a mindfulness of the breath meditation. I had to keep my eyes half open or else I would have fallen asleep. I spoke to the leader afterwards and he said it was generally more experienced meditators who nodd off. I said it wasn't that, I'd just been sleeping badly recently ....
We were allowed to sit on chairs too which had been a worry for me with my potentially dodgy back and knee.
Overall it was very positive and I will go back when I can. The centre seems a good place, a lot of outreach to the local community ...
Lorianne: hope the headache and the legs are better!
Love to all.
Mary, it sounds good! I hope you do start getting some sleep.
Sat for a short while this morning again. Intending to sit tonight again, first thing upon getting home. Night before last I couldn't sleep -- finally dropped off at four and got a couple hours and dragged through the day yesterday and didn't sit. Not getting sleep is disastrous for anything I do that requires a little resolve. I don't know what sleep mostly does or how, I don't think anyone does, but I know that it refills my resolve ducts. When you've got one that don't hold much, that's pretty critical :-)
When I'm tired, it's easier to meditate because that means sitting still physically and mentally :) It's thinking that I have difficulty with. Creative work and exhaustion seem aligned, and meditation, but logical, crisp thinking requires the kind of energy that comes from sleep-filled nights. I become over-sensitive when truly tired, the day after day kind of tired when you haven't had a good night's sleep in ages. Then probably all resolve melts before desire for sleep and nothing but uninterrupted sleep. -:)
((hugs)) Mary, and Dale... for sleep!
Oh sleep. It's underrated in our culture, I think. I can't do well without plenty of it, though I don't always get that. It affects every kind of resilience I have, whether that's resolve or thinking or anything else. With that, off to bed!
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