Beth, thank you for sharing the words about your mother’s ashes. I am so glad there were tears and there was laughter too. Sounds like she was still around to guide you!
I try for consistency, but I fail so so often. Under the emotional pressure you must have right now, plus the disorientation, it must be extra hard. I think that sometimes we should allow ourselves to draw on our practice when things are tough, and on drawing on it, we are sort of practicing.
Jean, I understand about evening meditations. For me it might be a good way to mark the very important (for me) transition into evening and relaxing time, but I still tend to go for the apéro!
MB. I love you!
Congrats on the job, Brenda, hello Lorraine and your wonderful commitment to serious cushion time (and have a lovely w'end), and to Mary in your move, and to ever lovely dale, and stray, and Barbara and everyone else!
Lots of things around death at the moment - reading Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical thinking’.
Meditating on the cackle of the autumn leaves; on the sound of nature letting go. Melancholy and good.
beth, just discovere( durr) lorraine's lovely Creative mindfulness blog and was listening to the audiopost about loose practice and I thought of you.xxxx (hey great stuff lorraine)
Thanks very much everyone for the good wishes. They do help. Have a good weekend Lorianne!
Didn't work today but had a lot of things to do around town (meeting with a solicitor for the move, shopping etc etc ) but I took the lunch hour out and went to the Buddhist Centre for the lunchtime meditation.
It occurred to me on the bus home that without my participation in this group - irregular though it is - I would probably not be deepening my practice to the extent that I am at the moment. I probably wouldn't have gone to a lunchtime meditation session for a start! It has been imperceptible over the past year or so, and I haven't really been aware of it until recently.
And it is standing me in good stead at the moment. So thank you all.
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I'm off to Maine for the weekend, so I'll "see" y'all when I get back on Monday night...
In the meantime, love & hugs to all!
Beth, thank you for sharing the words about your mother’s ashes. I am so glad there were tears and there was laughter too. Sounds like she was still around to guide you!
I try for consistency, but I fail so so often. Under the emotional pressure you must have right now, plus the disorientation, it must be extra hard. I think that sometimes we should allow ourselves to draw on our practice when things are tough, and on drawing on it, we are sort of practicing.
Jean, I understand about evening meditations. For me it might be a good way to mark the very important (for me) transition into evening and relaxing time, but I still tend to go for the apéro!
MB. I love you!
Congrats on the job, Brenda, hello Lorraine and your wonderful commitment to serious cushion time (and have a lovely w'end), and to Mary in your move, and to ever lovely dale, and stray, and Barbara and everyone else!
Lots of things around death at the moment - reading Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical thinking’.
Meditating on the cackle of the autumn leaves; on the sound of nature letting go. Melancholy and good.
beth, just discovere( durr) lorraine's lovely Creative mindfulness blog and was listening to the audiopost about loose practice and I thought of you.xxxx (hey great stuff lorraine)
Thanks very much everyone for the good wishes. They do help. Have a good weekend Lorianne!
Didn't work today but had a lot of things to do around town (meeting with a solicitor for the move, shopping etc etc ) but I took the lunch hour out and went to the Buddhist Centre for the lunchtime meditation.
It occurred to me on the bus home that without my participation in this group - irregular though it is - I would probably not be deepening my practice to the extent that I am at the moment. I probably wouldn't have gone to a lunchtime meditation session for a start! It has been imperceptible over the past year or so, and I haven't really been aware of it until recently.
And it is standing me in good stead at the moment. So thank you all.
Still struggling, but still plugging along. Breathing.
Have a great weekend, Lorianne.
Ruth, lovely Ruth. Thank you!
Mary, your words today help me take a wider view, which I can always use.
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