2011.10.03 _ 32

*waves hello to oO0Oo*
Both of us were creating this page at the same time.

"waves to wol and oO0Oo"
You both forgot to insert the template ;-P

Meditation after breakfast. Some prostrations, some standing. Standing up after more than about 3 prostrations make me dizzy. Better choose either standing or prostrations at the beginning of the meditation.

Very irritable today. Do I always alternate between irritability and dullness like this? Or just when the days are getting darker?

Last night's sitting wall gazing and into tong len.

hello, and waves to fellow creators. SNAP! Wol :) TY Wester for bringing my attention to template. Didn't realise there was one (I love that precision!). Practicing, I hope 33 being out a bit early doesn't cause undue confusion for others. Bwahahahaha! Late to bed and late to rise... you know the rest. Hah! Hugging the body today. Just being as present and embodied as I could with several hugs. Imagine hugging forward and backward a few generations in that one hug. But don't imagine. Just hug. ;) edited 06:37, 4 Oct 2011

Sunshine. Trees, houses, flowers highlighted by the golden yellow light welcoming me to a new day to be alive

::: Sculpting sounds object
::: Then missing the final haaaaaa
::: Heart closing in awe

Me wonders what template...

On Mondays, I "use" the two-hour Original Face group for my "recliner sit." I hope that Zen will not mind my quoting him outside that session. We were interspersing discussion of "participation" and "appreciation" with our meditations during the session today. As a means to facilitate both, Zen offered this:
"Some prerequisites for appreciation that have been expressed....relaxing into openness, empathy, receptivity, flexibility, ignoring drag of habits, courage, trying to grasp perceptions fully, seeing deeply, trusting in what might be revealed... "

I enjoyed Wester's comments yesterday, about small irritations. The challenge in meditation, as I understand it, is to open your heart, mind, being while going into your experience, without holding back. Irritations are wonderful as a tool to help you check how open you are; they form mirrors for our souls. Today while sitting I paid special attention to distractions, outer and inner, embracing them as well as I could.
And yes, Adams, indeed: I'm enjoying these 99 days tremendously, and it is very closely related to my original motivation for getting PaB out of the starting blocks.

An evening Tai Chi moment in the dark (low light) in the living room where breathing fills the room ... and motion often is about avoiding furniture and adjusting position to avoid kicking something that shouldn't be kicked

the big view and the fine detail
my lifetime one 200 million-th of the universe's, so the story goes
walking in that, every step, every edge, every connection
sharpens and bows

Breathing in appreciation
Breathing out participation
Inviting breath across the threshold
Opening lungs, opening heart. <3 edited 05:57, 4 Oct 2011

Imagination
protection
healing separation