Good morning! I've lost track of how much my commitment needs to be repaired. So I guess I'll just start fresh. I did sit a few minutes yesterday, and again today.
I realise I only allow myself to feel how much I miss you when you're here again. All that stuff about facing and accepting my feelings in meditation - got a long way to go, I fear.
yes, Jean, that's me on the illustrated poem marathon ... I got there by following your beautiful entry
I'm not a poet or a writer, but I paint and draw a bit ... I'm going to write something here later about the meditative art of shodo (calligraphy) and sumi-e (brush painting). I learned from a Japanese Zen priest in Honolulu
That sumi-e is done on handmade paper, made from abaca and bamboo leaves from my garden
I read yesterday's entries on the run this morning, heading out of the door on the way to work, so I didn't have time to reply. And I have only been reading here again since last Friday, after a necessary absence.
Janice, Dale, MB: I was so touched. And Jean, ditto for your comment today. Thank you all so much.
I'm good at creating reasons for myself not to be here. And it is true that my computer time is extremely limited at the moment, so I cannot be anything like a daily commenter and visitor even though I am back. But it would be good to keep the contact.
My relationship with meditation/prayer is currently in a state of flux like the rest of my life and I am reluctant to commit to anything at the moment. Having said that, a day that I don't light my candle and incense at the altar in the morning and take a few minutes of silence to connect is a day that I am depriving myself of something very special. So why not do it?
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Good morning! I've lost track of how much my commitment needs to be repaired. So I guess I'll just start fresh. I did sit a few minutes yesterday, and again today.
xoxo
Yippee, you're back, Dale!
And Mary's back blogging!
I realise I only allow myself to feel how much I miss you when you're here again. All that stuff about facing and accepting my feelings in meditation - got a long way to go, I fear.
Janice, is that you in the illustrated poem marathon?
yes, Jean, that's me on the illustrated poem marathon ... I got there by following your beautiful entry
I'm not a poet or a writer, but I paint and draw a bit ... I'm going to write something here later about the meditative art of shodo (calligraphy) and sumi-e (brush painting). I learned from a Japanese Zen priest in Honolulu
That sumi-e is done on handmade paper, made from abaca and bamboo leaves from my garden
but have to run away now
I read yesterday's entries on the run this morning, heading out of the door on the way to work, so I didn't have time to reply. And I have only been reading here again since last Friday, after a necessary absence.
Janice, Dale, MB: I was so touched. And Jean, ditto for your comment today. Thank you all so much.
I'm good at creating reasons for myself not to be here. And it is true that my computer time is extremely limited at the moment, so I cannot be anything like a daily commenter and visitor even though I am back. But it would be good to keep the contact.
My relationship with meditation/prayer is currently in a state of flux like the rest of my life and I am reluctant to commit to anything at the moment. Having said that, a day that I don't light my candle and incense at the altar in the morning and take a few minutes of silence to connect is a day that I am depriving myself of something very special. So why not do it?
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