2013.03.12 _ 56

Meditated in the morning.

Just before meditating, I had read a forum discussion that was very volatile, and to make matters worse, I am quite sure one of the sides is wrong and the other is right. Spent most of the meditation trying to go below the words to the soft spots, the openings. Decided not to follow my usual impulse, which is to throw lots of cleverness at the discussion. Haven't decided what other course of action to take yet.

"below the words to the soft spots" :) Love this phrasing, Wester.

I had an opposite experience today... spent time with someone whose open heart was convicting, exposing my guardedness and touching the softness I need to bring forward in myself.

!st day back at Tai Chi Class, time to review and correct. Teacher said my 13 minute Tai Chi should be taking me 20 minutes and only 46 days to go... sigh

I'm very bad at journal keeping!

Health...

Lost another half pound, but rounding it out I'll list it as the same as before, which is 270 pounds. Another bit of marking time, but that's still good. It's especially good compared to the 315 pounds in October and the 278 pounds at the start of this 99 day project.

The low-carb diet has worked well. I'm now starting to have some carbs, front-loaded in the day. However, an important point is that portion sizes have shrunk!

Today I had what turned out to be my last out-patient visit post-surgery. All is OK. The consultant was very surprised at the rapid progress and I'm discharged.

::: Rhythm of raindrops
::: Musical on umbrella
::: Enchanting the night edited 03:20, 13 Mar 2013

grateful for fun days :)

These different states of mind: doing and Being
When doing there is 'no time' to reflect, while in Being there is all the time in the world
Doing must obliterate time and opportunity, while Being knows of nothing else
Different parts of experience, different universes of habitation