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Morning practice included exploring spaces and times, and that then led to a fun discussion about children's stories for PaB in the Saturday 7 pm SLT session (my Sunday morning).
Wester: sorry, I was not clear: I meant that I recited the chants not out loud, but only in my own mind, without actually speaking the words, but still `hearing' them. I should have said "silently" instead of "wordless". :-) edited 17:55, 15 Jan 2012

Sitting meditation in the early afternoon. Focused on the effect eye movements have on movement of the mind - or is it vice versa?

Sitting meditation in early afternoon too. Just sitting quietly with sunshine streaming through patio door, without techniques baggage of breath watching or sitting bolt upright. Feeling in tune with everything.

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White snow on fir trees, snowy sidewalks and streets, a very cold sunny Sunday, walking towards the sun. #timestamp

Today was about 30C colder than yesterday, so the woods path was hard frozen, with dangerously glistening ice patches. Wind crystallizes any facial moisture. I am yet another being. In navigating through the myriad things and occupations and worlds, having separate special somewhat artificial sessions helps continuity.

I promise you and me that I will return. I am having a hard time "puzzling things out." Snow here too.

:) Aphrodite, thank you.

Some of us had a discussion about forgiveness and coping earlier today, and it only occurred to me in retrospect that what we were really discussing, was rest... perhaps sometimes the price to be set free is to let someone else off the hook too... disable the stingers. I wish I could say there were no residual hurts, but it is *possible* to aspire to forgive and allow for some capacity to open which enables that even if only bit by bit.