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I am very busy, right now, with many things on my plate each day and I can see myself slipping into old beliefs of time and energy scarcity.
Never enough time.
Never enough energy.
Oof.
And as these old beliefs took hold, last week, I found a feeling of deliciousness but also danger in…climbing into a warm bath and… watching TV. Oh the decadence of it. Watching NetFlix while having a sweet soaker with scented bubbles. Ahhhhhh—right?
Yes. But
Pam talks about her own journey as a writer – and offers up some tips from the road.
Includes a guided visualization she calls.. The Gift.
The mostly full moon has Pam musing…. About meditation, letting go of expectations, and the heartbreaking beauty of it all….
Wherein I talk about an interview I did on Saturday about Vipassana, getting glasses and… how we don’t know what we don’t know until we KNOW…
Time to clean…time to pack…time to take it all back to the shakey-shack…
The Meditative Monkey is back with more Monday musings… if I can watch my body and notice the changing sensations and also watch my chattering mind… who the heck is THE WATCHER?
Installment Four of my Musings on Meditation – a bit more on the value (for me) of practicing vipassana and some discussion of things raised at the retreat that… gave me pause. And… just maybe… a wee insight found.
Part Three in my musings on Meditation – a look at working with the body in meditation takes a left turn into… healing from past traumas… a little Good Will Hunting… a little Indigo Girls… and a little of me…
Today I am ruminating on the going in and coming out of Noble Silence during my recent Vipassana Meditation Retreat. The grace-filled bathroom dance and the Greeting of another being. With musical accompaniment by John Prine (Hello in There).
It’s taken me a while to get down to it – but here’s the first installment on my Adventures at a 10day Silent Meditation Retreat. More fun to follow…
Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over
Stories and photos from Scotland
Historical fiction, poetry, essays
The Healing Journey and Covert Abuse
Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over
Stories and photos from Scotland
Historical fiction, poetry, essays
The Healing Journey and Covert Abuse