meditate daily

I did about 3 mins of meditation :D

right now thousands of people are meditating around the globe for peace. Lead by Deepak Chopra in Dublin, Ireland. going to meditate now and join them for 5 mins.

for the last while…

just want to record this.

so it got t a point where it wasn’t a question of “to sit or not to sit” – it was simply what I did.
and then.
I took a week off.
restless on my cushion today, I recommitted to the practice and to my community. I am here for the long haul.

and I am now restless, rattled and seeing the benefit of it. back to it tonight!

with one of my patients, a very talented swimmer, who needs to get a handle on her stress. I wanted to put her in a john kabat-zinn course, but there isn’t one that’s starting now, and time is a-wasting, so we decided that I would teach her how to meditate, and we would each commit to daily practice.
the first two days, we started with 20 minutes, and starting tomorrow, 30-45.
I really want to do this for myself, really want to support her in her goals. and I pinky swore.

and it feels great :-D

this morning I did my yoga, pranayama and finished with 3 mins of meditation…
I’m mindful of my mantra’s but also of watching/listening to the noise my mind creates…

as eckhart tolle would say I’m recognising I am not my mind :-D

which of course I already know, but I am using meditation as a reminder to disassociate me from my mind.

My mind is a hugely useful tool, for which I am infinitely grateful for, but it is not the entirety of who I am.

I am a spiritual being having a human experience :-D

have been good, I’ve gotten 2 reminders from 2 different people on how important this is for me.

last night also I was watching the tv and a psychotherapist was talking about the fact that meditation brings your clutter and noise of your mind into awareness, and that’s why I avoid it I don’t want to hear all the clutter and noise but if I don’t it’s making it more difficult for me to be present and responsible.

The Buddha’s Words on Kindness (Metta Sutta)

This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech.
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied.
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful,
Not proud and demanding in nature.
Let them not do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing: In gladness and in saftey,
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born,
May all beings be at ease!
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being in any state.
Let none through anger or ill-will
Wish harm upon another.
Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings:
Radiating kindness over the entire world
Spreading upwards to the skies,
And downwards to the depths;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.
By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world.

Since the beginning of the month I have been meditating every day, often twice a day in fact! I do it immediately upon waking and after arriving home from work for 5-30 minutes. (I did miss one day, as noted in my previous entry.)

Already I am noticing that I am much more aware of the physical sensation of stress in my body; I don’t just notice it when I am meditating, I notice it whenever I’m stressed. I like to think my body is becoming accustomed to a more relaxed state, and feelings of tension and stress feel so bad that I look forward to meditating to regain my equilibrium.

I also feel like I have been more in tune with my intuition and my spiritual nature, and have found it easier to move through life’s struggles and find creative approaches to problems.

I am delighted with my new healthy habit.

kum nye yoga. interesting, but it’s hard for me to move that slowly. my mind kept on wandering. i think i would rather just sit and breathe. but it was a cool experience, and i got to see what is apparently the world’s biggest prayer wheel (very, very cool).