2011.09.28 _ 27

Busy day today. Set the alarm early for practice.

Meditated with the curtains still closed, but found that it irritated me to the point where I considered breaking off the meditation to open the curtains. I didn't.

I very much liked O's idea of "Before sleep decided to pray, with the intention of continuing in my sleep", yesterday, and made a note of trying that soon. And I was intrigued with the parallels with Aphrodite's entry "Incubating today's awakenings with a blanket of sleep." -- bridges and blankets as tools for transformation and opening between realms of awareness!

As the day starts, sitting for a little while going nowhere. Getting going, in the great completion going now here, whether I recognize that or not.

::: A red haired mermaid
::: Telling her mermaid story
::: Silence in green eyes

Peaceful clear sky and water
The mountain revealed
As the sun comes up
Conjunct are sun,moon,Venus, mercury,saturn!

Solace in stopping
Clear light flashes through thick fog
There's no place like home

enigmatic dragon
champion of people
wish you a long life

Sitting outdoors at a busy cafe in the city centre, waiting for lunch, I felt my retreat self approach and sit down opposite me. Retreat-Wol reminded me of sitting on the verandah of Sunshine House on the silent day. We tried to do a waiting-for-lunch meditation as an experiment (clear the mind, watch the breathing, let the sights and sounds just wash past us). It worked surprisingly well.

I spent most of this day exploring The Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Here's the fellow with whom I "participated" during my wheelchair sit this afternoon:
http://hermitdog.com/Tyrannosaurus_rex_fossil_-Chicago_Field_Museum.jpg

Soon to be retreating from retreat.
Planning a safe exit.