Meditation

Attention to Words

November 23, 2010

Yesterday, I began the challenge to say nothing negative for 21 days with the hope that this will lead to a permanent shift.  The challenge has caused a bit of a buzz (thanks in part to Sean Madden, creator of Mindful Living Guide, for posting my blog in several places), and many have joined me.  [...]

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Remember the Field

October 27, 2010

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.  When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.  Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”  Rumi I’m at Daddy’s house.  Clock ticking.  Refrigerator running.  Meditation finished.  Overcast outside.  [...]

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Spiritual Exercises

October 25, 2010

“Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened?” “As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.” “Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?” “To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.” –Zen master to his disciple If you are [...]

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Resounding Yes!

October 22, 2010

This morning I woke up and out quickly to get the horses from the pasture.  I was late and they were ready.  Afterwards, I fixed coffee and sat down to my morning rituals.  I picked up the book I had been reading but decided I wanted something different.  I walked over to the bookshelves and [...]

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Restless Mind

October 19, 2010

Eyes closed–images of back and forth pacing.  Restless mind resisting meditation, anxious to get out of sitting posture.  Perfectly still, I watch with curiosity.  Calm body, calm spirit, restless mind.  Breathe in—feel the breath pass through nostrils, expanding chest.  Breathe out—feel the warm breath release.  Let thoughts pace—no attachment, simple curiosity.  I am not my [...]

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Impulse and Resistance

September 17, 2010

“We don’t really go anywhere, we just take our time getting there.”  From the movie, La Mission I have this impulse towards spirituality, towards awakening, towards expanded consciousness—and resistance.  I play at spirituality.  I hang out in the shallow end, dabbling there. I have dived into the deep many times but quickly return to shallow [...]

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This Present Moment

September 3, 2010

Two o’clock in the morning.  Up doing yoga in an attempt to open up my screaming lower back and hips.  What is it about being at Daddy’s that makes sleep so elusive?  Can the new bed really be this uncomfortable?  Is it how hot he keeps the house?  Is it that I am hypervigilant—listening out [...]

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Order versus Disorder

July 30, 2010

I sit with Pedro in my lap.  He is sweet and vulnerable right now, happy for the tender attention.  I’m happy, too.  I reach out to pet Buttercup who is resting beside me.  She is receptive and pleased to be included.  I’ve just finished my morning reading and now I’m journaling.  Soon, I’ll go into [...]

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Circling the Journal

July 27, 2010

While floating in the lake watching the feather drift, I saw Pedro suddenly jump up from where he had been sleeping.  Something startled him and he began barking.  I peered in more closely to see what could have given him the heebeegeebees, and I saw that my journal was flapping in the wind on top [...]

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Be Present in This Moment

July 20, 2010

This morning I hooked up the manure spreader to the Gator to take it to the pasture.  Chance, the gentlest Pit Bull alive, and Pedro, my Jackahuahua, jumped aboard, as they always do.  Even Max, the old one-eyed Rottweiler, will join us if he is up for an adventure.  Buttercup would rather follow behind to [...]

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