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Drop everything that I need words for. Again and again. Anchor the body to the breath. Allow the body to readjust itself. This may use the straighten/relax rhythm in the breath, or it may not. Come back to meditation when distracted.
It makes a difference to the feel of the meditation where I am looking. Looking at a white wall is fine, as is looking out of the open window, but they do make a difference to the mood. Clutter within my line of sight is not a good idea.
I had a very long and complicated dream last night about working in a very peculiar high tech company, and it occurred to me that I have had three dreams in a week and a half, as opposed to maybe three in the past ten years, I'm going to "blame" it on meditation so i can justify putting it here
lasted ten minutes before my back got sore, I might need a better chair, I did the next ten sitting on the bed curled around my meditation buddy.
Went back and forth between being distracted by outside noises, discomfort, internal thoughts, and nothingness.
It was a strange and very long 20 minutes, but not in a bad way
Druth, who in all ways completes me :)
Even when we argue
heart and soul
::: Care, tears, laughter,warmth,love,hope
::: A soul full of life
Quiet times with trees : didn't get to it today.
South Africa a moment of ponder, musings and thanks : I started DJing in SL - I included lots of South African tunes in this set - showing the amazing richness of South African music.
(congratulations on dreaming druth!)
Mind: Laziness. Many people think engineers are creative, but in reality they're lazy, as they're forever trying to think of news ways to make things easier for themselves. (I know: I was an engineer for years.) So I've been thinking about laziness as it's pertinent to my 99 day mind project.
Option 1: I could approach a game of chess through a lot of preparation involving memorization. I could identify opening sequences that suited me, try to keep up with modern tournament records, and try and memorize the best lines, both from analysis and from high-level competitive play. Since there is a common starting point to all normal chess games, the moves fan out like a tree - I pick the part of the tree I want and I learn all its branches, as far as I can. This has the advantage that I save a lot of time and effort at the start of each game because I can just play from memory for quite some way into that game. It has the disadvantage that I must spend a lot of time and effort preparing and studying - and updating - although once learned, I can apply my knowledge through many games. Also, there's always the risk that an opponent is better prepared than me!
Option 2: I approach the game by learning only general systems and principles. I still identify openings that suit me, but I learn strategies rather than move trees, and I work out each time on the fly how best to implement those strategies. This has the advantage of greater flexibility for I wouldn't be surprised by an opponent's move that was "out of the book" as I would habitually assess any move equally anyway. There's the further advantage of saving time and effort from not having to learn lengthy move sequences ahead of time, and not having to keep up to date with latest results. The disadvantage is that I have to put in more effort during each game on every single move, working out which move I should choose.
How to decide between these options? Can I/should I be lazy ahead of time or lazy during the game?
Which would be the more effective option? At an amateur club level, maybe option 2; it might win me more games. But what does effective mean anyway? Part of my project goal is to promote brain health, so which option is best for that? And are the two option mutually exclusive? Probably not. So what relative proportion of each should I choose?
Mrs. Storm mentioned another criterion: which would I enjoy more? Dammit - I hadn't thought of that!!! Probably mostly 2 with a bit of 1 thrown in.