2012.01.19 _ 31

Meditated in the morning. Still trying to catch my thoughts before they become articulated. Noticed that once you are thinking in words, those words will just keep on generating themselves. There are gaps, but it is so easy to ignore them.

Had nice RL meditation at Drumalis. We sit in a beautiful old fashioned room. First time I went there I noticed how eerily quiet it was. Since the place was built in 1895 what a history it must have. I wonder if it is still there somehow. For a second I saw what appeared to be a blonde woman behind a meditator one night last year, but probably a trick of the light. Apparently the first mistress of the house didn't like the place very much.

Aph's comment yesterday and Wester's today, both about thoughts, reminded me of Nisargadatta's talking about how he considered the brain's thoughts on a par with the stomach's digestion: these organs do their job, but there is no particular reason to linger with their functioning. So the idea is not to try to suppress thoughts, but rather not to feed them beyond their immediate use. As Wester wrote, it's all too easy to let thoughts generate themselves in a wild growth.

Logged into SL for the first time in weeks? Months? It was much fun except I completely forgot about posting here...Made a new friend, went dancing with old friends. SL can be so immersive! I almost forgot about how it feels. Zen, the eerie blonde woman of Drumalis seems so gothic! She seemed very real to me when I read your post, thank you for inviting her here:)

How strange... didn't realize I hadn't posted until just now reading Eden's post. Yesterday (this day section) I went to bed very early, waking a few times in the night but managing to get back to sleep. There are times when it feels like almost no 'gathering' is going on... when it is all integration ... body asks for more sleep.

Thx Eos... really struck by dropping quotes.
Hm, then there is dropping names as opposed to name dropping... edited 11:59, 20 Jan 2012

I spend so much time by the computer that it, and its environs, somewhat have to be my practice space. Ommwriter is helpful in blanking things out, relatively, for a longer "gap". At work when I walk to get a coffee I notice my steps and look up from whatever subroutine I'm in - but those tend to be compulsively recurring. Even so, they then recur within a softer space.