meditate every day

Still twice in the evening, but still going also.

Day Two completed. I went to a group sit in the evening, then another sit at home. Tomorrow I hope actually get out of bed at the right time and do morning and evening. Kewl:)

Completed, though it was all in the evening, as it will be tonight. Getting up at five tomorrow proper.

Establish the habit of two hours of Vipassana each day. It is said that if you are able to keep this up for one year, then you have established a lifelong habit. Let it be so; may this day next year be a happy anniversary.

- loving it!

I’m so fickle with meditation. I meditate sporadically but I’d like to do it every day.

it was different than what I had experienced in the past, and I felt quite clumsy (and old – nobody in my bracket).

BUT – all in all I liked it and I’m going to give it a try…

... in yoga.

Hope it holds!

I found making my first, and second, mandalas an amazingly contemplative, soothing and revelational process. My boyfriend was deeply taken by the idea and upped pencils for the first time in years to produce a delightfully bold and complex first mandala which he took lots of time over.

I really think this is a great outlet and a lovely way to spend time- I’m going to make it a goal in its own right.

I’m not giving up on this goal as I KNOW it’s something that will be so good for me if I can achieve it.

My life has been pretty disjointed recently, which is a time when meditation would serve me well, but also inevitably a time when I am least likely to be in the right mindset to just sit down and do it for a little while each day.

I’ve been trying to be conscious of the need for meditative activity, because I have more success with this kind of meditation. I’ve been doing alot of knitting, which I find very meditative, likewise cooking.

I’ve been going through another burst of knowledge seeking and reading about lots of different things- one of which is mandalas.

Last night I sat down and drew my first mandala- I’m really pleased with it and found it a cathartic and enjoyable process to watch the design flow and unfold from me, and to clearly recognise elements of my reality in the image.

My focus was loose, but was around the idea of my self and my current state/situation. I named it awakening energies. When I have a camera I’ll take a pic. It features softly swirling spirals of blue, green, purple and pink, semi-enclosed and partly pouring into and out of a sharply geometric perimeter of black and red triangles.

It was a nice meditative activity to do before bed and I might try to do one most nights before sleeping, I have just the right kind of square artists pad in 2 sizes, portable and lap sized, so maybe this is their calling!!