2012.07.18 _ 99

Last entry, ah well... I have enjoyed it and have gotten used to the discipline of writing something each day. It's good to write to clarify things, I find, and I like hearing others' views. Amazed myself that I can usually find something to write about..

Thanks Zen :) I've enjoyed it too... this simple act of checking in.

The other night in session, Stevenaia mentioned (something like) that much of what has constituted Play as Being, perhaps as a practice, is pervasive and subtle. For me this has often meant, that what I've set out to do in coming here, and in coming to sessions, I've seen take their own course. Much of what I thought would be a good idea, I've seen unfold in a way I couldn't have imaged and sometimes in ways that I would not have thought productive or to make sense at all.

After all these efforts, what I see is that my efforts didn't stick.

Thank you friends. edited 01:36, 19 Jul 2012

Today, karuna-metta meditation in the morning.

Compassion, for me, is all, leads to all. I wonder if it is 'catching on' at last. Today Mrs. Storm told me about this article called "10 (Science-Based) Reasons Why Compassion Is Hot" and the 12 little slides are worth reading, including the video on the last useful slide. Please see here:
www.huffingtonpost.com/project-compassion-stanford/compassion_b_1676485.html

By the way, we OWN this 99 day process. We don't need to consult with anyone to do it again. We don't need permission. If we want to do it again, we just do it again. And again. So yes there can be a 99.004.

I don't see or feel any sense of finishing here. I don't necessarily mean the 99 days structure. But there is work to do. And as I said in my poem last night, "the journey goes on".

Yesterday was a distracted day (day 99) but I wanted to say how I've enjoyed the past 5 days here with you and wanted to thank you all with your unique and personal perspectives.