foster my buddhist faith everyday...

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nothing going on… just namaste…

i don’t know what happened to me… but this goal is in the background, and i haven’t been giving it the attention that i want…

time to refocus, and move on…

hoping to visit a temple just north of my place tomorrow… there’s a japanese sect that looks appealing to me, and i’m going to visit and decide if i think they’re services would be appropriate for me…

i’ve been bad about this, having just undergone a move and all… and living with people has made for daily reflection more difficult, but hopefully i’ll get on it…

there’s also the positive aspect of there actually being a few buddhist communities to practice with here in phoenix, so on sunday, i think i’ll check out the first on my list…

it’s amazing how crowded life gets, and how things get shoved down the priority list, and you end up forgetting about them altogether…

it has not been a good week for trying to keep this goal in mind…

but hopefully a less stressful weekend can bring it around…

although not perfect this week, i have been keeping mindfulness at the forefront of my thoughts and, hopefully, i feel it has been affecting my actions…

i wish i had more time to study scripture and to reflect, but it’s very hard to balance…

i guess for now i’ll have to settle for trying to maintain ritual, and keep reflection and practice on my mind…

i would be very happy for a community of like-minded faithful here, but, eh, what can you do…

for a couple of weeks now, i’ve been managing to reflect for a short bit of time everyday, and to light some incense at my shrine and meditate a bit…

it’s been tough keeping up practice—but i’m trying to get my daily routine of meditation established… i’m hoping it’ll help to bleed into every other aspect of my life if i focus some time and do some reading and meditating every day…

and even if i just light some incense and think for a brief moment… well, that’s better than nothing…