Stray, thinking of you especially today - hope it's not too bad. I gather, since you mention the tube, that you won't be far away, so will send out peaceful healing vibes to you.
I found this through a friend's blog and I have wanted to start meditating for a while, but somehow never found the time. I would like to commit to joining you guys, if that's okay.
Yes, here's lots of feel-better, healing vibes for Stray. The procedure itself sounds icky, so here's hoping you can focus instead on the *healing* that is to come: better body, better body, better body...
the icky bit is done ... still in pain but managable and have a safe place to go to to slump for a while before I venture back home on the train.
I think I did a mix Brenda of being completely immersed in the pain and removing myself from it. Lots and lots of focussing on breathing, which the nurse kept reminding me to do as well. They also gave me a cup of tea and a biscuit before letting me go which was very sweet of them :)
My appt was at Barts and I am in Holborn now so very near to you probably Jean ... thanks for the vibes - I've been picking them up - literally ... I started to panic at one point and the thing that I grasped on to in my brain was this place - photographic memory style recall of screenshots of 100days!
I'm a no-local person too Brenda - allergy to novocaine / lidocaine, so I know the joys of feeling it all at the dentists!
As you say Lori, it's all to a positive end, so I will just send healing vibes to those parts of my body now and focus energy on getting better.
I started the day at six with a walk to my favourite bench in the woods with my dog. I sat for a while there and it was such a positive way to begin the day ... I wouldn't have had the idea it was important enough to make time for that without this group ...thanks all!
Jane - welcome. I'm pretty new too - it's good to have the incentive of the site, seems to be really helping me to remember and bother and not just let it slip away.
I'd like to join. I haven't been making the time for meditation lately and this is a way of making a committment to something that will be meaningful.
One thing I do almost without fail is writing "morning pages" (three pages of stream of consciousness writing). This morning I wrote in my morning pages "I'm going to join that 100 years of meditation"!
It’s a little cooler now, and just in time. My electric fan quit working yesterday … it’s just too old and beyond repair. I won’t buy a new one because we only have these hot hot days once a year and for a week at the most
Browsing through some books last night, trying to decide which to keep and which to give away, I came upon this bit in an anthology of “Buddhism in Contemporary Poetry”. Diane Di Prima is writing about a conversation with Katagiri Roshi:
“I tell him that sometimes, traveling, I am too restless to sit still, wiggle and itch
‘sit only ten minutes, five minutes at a time’
he sez first time it has occurred to me that this wd be OK”
Lorianne, me too. And I’m not up to even 27 yet. But then I’m older (whine whine, sniffle sniffle), sort of like the fan
Stray, I forgot about the time difference! Glad it's over and that it wasn't too bad. Coddle yourself...
Welcome Jane, and Arthur!
This morning I did a two and a half hour meditation. Was it a struggle? No, it's never that, but a lot of stuff came up, little things, things to do, undo, smooth over, absorb, release, integrate. At moments I was so bogged down I thought it pointless to continue; but continue I did. Until the clock finally reached the specified time.
I didn't think it much of a meditation session, except that now I feel clarified, and so, so, so blissful...
Stray, so glad to hear from you and know it's over and you're on your way to healing up. Take good care of yourself! I'm sorry I can't bring you a cup of tea and sit with you for a while.
Jane and Arthur. How great to see you here. Welcome!
Been in front of the computer for 11 hours. Way over 30 degrees and humid. No air conditioning. No way I can take next week off unless I get this done. Sheesh. You know what, though? I can do this with way more equanimity since I started meditating every day (you have to realise how very little equanimity I started with!). Another hour should do it.
Janice :-) Poor fan knows nothing of the power of mind and spirit...
So peaceful instead of skimming the news holding my heart I went deeper in... and what is there to do but weep?
Stray, for about 5 years (1995-2000) a small group of women that I did yoga teacher training with came to my house and we did a weekly two and a half hour chant. What was a great test of endurance at first became easier over the years to now, where it's like revisiting an old friend, a sacred spot, a way of being.
Towards the last half hour or so in those years I would literally feel my body filling with nectar, from sahasrara, the thousand-petalled lotus, the fontanelle of the crown (I like to imagine, where it's soft in a baby before the bone fills in), such sweetness and bliss beyond words.
Maybe it's like having an orgasm, once you've had a powerful experience of sensual love, it's like you're opened out and then it's easy to get back there. :)
My friends still do Long Chant at the Ashram once a month; I've taken my practice inwards, and continue it alone.
There are lots of things in life that are difficult; this isn't one of them!
But, now, back to Lebannon, Israel, Hezbollah, threats from Al-Qaeda, and dead UN peacekeepers (who were shelled all day)... and weeping.
See, this is the problem- it's easy to be happy in isolation. The true test is how much we love each other...
Brenda, maybe you're why I'm feeling relative equanimity in the face of overwork. I can feel your sweetness and bliss. Don't anybody try and tell me these things don't make a difference.
I'm off for today's sitting now. Hopefully I'll figure out how to get a session in in the mornings as well soon. The main problem is the heat, after I'm out of bed it takes me at least half an hour to stop feeling so drowsy... never been good at dealing with heat and this summer is the worst one yet.
it is very very hot. we can't sleep without a fan Each. started shopping for more for the gals today and the whole of the vaucluse had sold out.
last night at the family reunion no 2 I had to get into 2am driving meditation. luckily I had sat in the morning. it helped! returned at 4am and today my gorgeous half sisters- 14 and 16 - arrived. first time on their own. It is wonderful to have young people in the house. I feel all replete....miss children in our lives and glad to have these young souls around.
I am just thrilled and slightly spooked that day one started the minute I finally cleared my room/meditation space. girls staying in it right now and that is such a joy. I am sure they will build beautiful energy!!!!
Woke up in the middle of the night last night, realized I had broken my commitment (on the second day!), decided if I meditated three minutes right there and then, it wouldn't be broken. A sleepy drifty three minutes, and you would say useless, except that it helped me sit today, rather longer. Because I still had a relatively unbroken commitment to keep up.
I'm coming in a bit late (day three), but I would like to join too and like the thought of being here and being committed - a wonderful way of staying on track and practicing regularly.
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Stray, thinking of you especially today - hope it's not too bad. I gather, since you mention the tube, that you won't be far away, so will send out peaceful healing vibes to you.
Hi everyone,
I found this through a friend's blog and I have wanted to start meditating for a while, but somehow never found the time. I would like to commit to joining you guys, if that's okay.
Jane
Yes, here's lots of feel-better, healing vibes for Stray. The procedure itself sounds icky, so here's hoping you can focus instead on the *healing* that is to come: better body, better body, better body...
aw! thankyou so much guys!
the icky bit is done ... still in pain but managable and have a safe place to go to to slump for a while before I venture back home on the train.
I think I did a mix Brenda of being completely immersed in the pain and removing myself from it. Lots and lots of focussing on breathing, which the nurse kept reminding me to do as well. They also gave me a cup of tea and a biscuit before letting me go which was very sweet of them :)
My appt was at Barts and I am in Holborn now so very near to you probably Jean ... thanks for the vibes - I've been picking them up - literally ... I started to panic at one point and the thing that I grasped on to in my brain was this place - photographic memory style recall of screenshots of 100days!
I'm a no-local person too Brenda - allergy to novocaine / lidocaine, so I know the joys of feeling it all at the dentists!
As you say Lori, it's all to a positive end, so I will just send healing vibes to those parts of my body now and focus energy on getting better.
I started the day at six with a walk to my favourite bench in the woods with my dog. I sat for a while there and it was such a positive way to begin the day ... I wouldn't have had the idea it was important enough to make time for that without this group ...thanks all!
Jane - welcome. I'm pretty new too - it's good to have the incentive of the site, seems to be really helping me to remember and bother and not just let it slip away.
Hi Jane. Welcome!
Ooh, Stray, glad it's over xxxx yes, you're very near to me - feel those healing vibes...
Hi all,
I'd like to join. I haven't been making the time for meditation lately and this is a way of making a committment to something that will be meaningful.
One thing I do almost without fail is writing "morning pages" (three pages of stream of consciousness writing). This morning I wrote in my morning pages "I'm going to join that 100 years of meditation"!
Arthur
Welcome to the new ones!
Stray, oh Stray... I'm so sorry you have to go through that, and very glad it's over.
It’s a little cooler now, and just in time. My electric fan quit working yesterday … it’s just too old and beyond repair. I won’t buy a new one because we only have these hot hot days once a year and for a week at the most
Browsing through some books last night, trying to decide which to keep and which to give away, I came upon this bit in an anthology of “Buddhism in Contemporary Poetry”. Diane Di Prima is writing about a conversation with Katagiri Roshi:
“I tell him that sometimes, traveling, I am
too restless to sit still, wiggle and itch
‘sit only ten minutes,
five minutes at a time’
he sez
first time it has occurred to me that this wd be OK”
Lorianne, me too. And I’m not up to even 27 yet. But then I’m older (whine whine, sniffle sniffle), sort of like the fan
Stray, I forgot about the time difference! Glad it's over and that it wasn't too bad. Coddle yourself...
Welcome Jane, and Arthur!
This morning I did a two and a half hour meditation. Was it a struggle? No, it's never that, but a lot of stuff came up, little things, things to do, undo, smooth over, absorb, release, integrate. At moments I was so bogged down I thought it pointless to continue; but continue I did. Until the clock finally reached the specified time.
I didn't think it much of a meditation session, except that now I feel clarified, and so, so, so blissful...
wow. 2 and a half hours? Amazing .. and sounds exhausting too!
Thanks Brenda, I am slumped on lots of pillows and curled around a warmed lavender beanbag ... which on a day as hot as today is certainly coddling!
Stray, so glad to hear from you and know it's over and you're on your way to healing up. Take good care of yourself! I'm sorry I can't bring you a cup of tea and sit with you for a while.
Jane and Arthur, welcome, please do join us!
Jane and Arthur. How great to see you here. Welcome!
Been in front of the computer for 11 hours. Way over 30 degrees and humid. No air conditioning. No way I can take next week off unless I get this done. Sheesh. You know what, though? I can do this with way more equanimity since I started meditating every day (you have to realise how very little equanimity I started with!). Another hour should do it.
Janice :-) Poor fan knows nothing of the power of mind and spirit...
So peaceful instead of skimming the news holding my heart I went deeper in... and what is there to do but weep?
Stray, for about 5 years (1995-2000) a small group of women that I did yoga teacher training with came to my house and we did a weekly two and a half hour chant. What was a great test of endurance at first became easier over the years to now, where it's like revisiting an old friend, a sacred spot, a way of being.
Towards the last half hour or so in those years I would literally feel my body filling with nectar, from sahasrara, the thousand-petalled lotus, the fontanelle of the crown (I like to imagine, where it's soft in a baby before the bone fills in), such sweetness and bliss beyond words.
Maybe it's like having an orgasm, once you've had a powerful experience of sensual love, it's like you're opened out and then it's easy to get back there. :)
My friends still do Long Chant at the Ashram once a month; I've taken my practice inwards, and continue it alone.
There are lots of things in life that are difficult; this isn't one of them!
But, now, back to Lebannon, Israel, Hezbollah, threats from Al-Qaeda, and dead UN peacekeepers (who were shelled all day)... and weeping.
See, this is the problem- it's easy to be happy in isolation. The true test is how much we love each other...
Brenda, maybe you're why I'm feeling relative equanimity in the face of overwork. I can feel your sweetness and bliss. Don't anybody try and tell me these things don't make a difference.
I'm off for today's sitting now. Hopefully I'll figure out how to get a session in in the mornings as well soon. The main problem is the heat, after I'm out of bed it takes me at least half an hour to stop feeling so drowsy... never been good at dealing with heat and this summer is the worst one yet.
--Hanna
welcome arthur, hanna, and jane!!!
(((((stray))))))))keep breathing, mate.
it is very very hot. we can't sleep without a fan Each. started shopping for more for the gals today and the whole of the vaucluse had sold out.
last night at the family reunion no 2 I had to get into 2am driving meditation. luckily I had sat in the morning. it helped! returned at 4am and today my gorgeous half sisters- 14 and 16 - arrived. first time on their own. It is wonderful to have young people in the house. I feel all replete....miss children in our lives and glad to have these young souls around.
I am just thrilled and slightly spooked that day one started the minute I finally cleared my room/meditation space. girls staying in it right now and that is such a joy. I am sure they will build beautiful energy!!!!
Hi All
Woke up in the middle of the night last night, realized I had broken my commitment (on the second day!), decided if I meditated three minutes right there and then, it wouldn't be broken. A sleepy drifty three minutes, and you would say useless, except that it helped me sit today, rather longer. Because I still had a relatively unbroken commitment to keep up.
Welcome Hanna, Jane, and Arthur!
Stray, I'm glad the icky bit is done!
Jean, you're an inspiration.
I'm coming in a bit late (day three), but I would like to join too and like the thought of being here and being committed - a wonderful way of staying on track and practicing regularly.
Cate (KerrdeLune)
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